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Wilkie Collins: Memoirs, Letters & Literary Writings
Wilkie Collins: Memoirs, Letters & Literary Writings
Wilkie Collins: Memoirs, Letters & Literary Writings
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Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories.
Table of Contents:
Biographies:
Memoirs of the Life of William Collins (With Selections From His Journals and Correspondence)
Wilkie Collins' Charms (Biography by Olive Logan)
Letters and Literary Writings:
A Clause for the New Reform Bill
A Column to Burns
A Dramatic Author
A Fair Penitent
A Pictorial Tour to St George Bosherville
A Shy Scheme
Address from the Queen to Certain of Her Subjects in Office
Awful Warning to Bachelors
Books Necessary for a Liberal Education
Burns Viewed As a Hat-Peg
Considerations on The Copyright Question
Deep Design on Society
Doctor Dulcamara, MP
Dramatic Grub Street
How I Write My Books
Magnetic Evenings at Home
Pity a Poor Prince
Rambles Beyond Railways
Reminiscences of a Storyteller
Sermon for Sepoys
Thanks to Doctor Livingstone
The Cruise of the Tomtit
The Debtor's Best Friend
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy
The Little Huguenot
The National Gallery and the Old Masters
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 7, 2017
ISBN9788027202508
Wilkie Collins: Memoirs, Letters & Literary Writings
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Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and more than 100 essays. His best-known works are The Woman in White and The Moonstone.

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