Wilkie Collins (1824–1889)
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Wilkie Collins was born in London, England on January 8, 1824. He worked first in business and then law, but eventually turned to literature. During his lifetime, he wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, at least 14 plays, and more than 100 non-fiction pieces. His works include Antonia, The visa mer Woman in White, The Moonstone, The Haunted Hotel, and Heart and Science. He was a close friend of Charles Dickens and collaborated with him. He died on September 23, 1889. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Foto taget av: Portrait of Wilkie Collins (1850). Paiting in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Serier
Verk av Wilkie Collins
The Essential Works of Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, and The Moonstone (Halcyon Classics) (1992) 46 exemplar
El Hotel De Los Horrores,la Confesion Del Pastor Anglicano (novelas de suspense y terror) (2002) 31 exemplar
El Policía Y La Cocinera. El Señor Medhurst Y La Princesa = Mr. Policeman And The Cook. Mr. Medhurst (2000) 15 exemplar
Complete Works of Wilkie Collins: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Essays, and Memoirs (Illustrated) (2015) 12 exemplar
The Woman in White: Original 2004 London Cast Recording — Original book — 12 exemplar
pg43092-images 8 exemplar
British Mystery Megapack Volume 1 - The Good Soldier, Haunted Hotel and The Red House Mystery (Illustrated) (2014) 6 exemplar
The Moonstone / Oliver Twist / A Tale of Two Cities / the History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: Vol. 1 (Penguin Readers… (2000) 6 exemplar
The best of Wilkie Collins 4 exemplar
The Cauldron of Oil 4 exemplar
Der geheimnisvolle Palazzo - John Jagos Geist - Der verschwundene Erbe. Drei klassische Kriminalromane. (1992) 4 exemplar
Reading & Training : Wilkie Collins : The woman in white [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 4 exemplar
Wilkie Collins Collection - The Moonstone, No Name, The Woman In White and After Dark (Illustrated and Annotated Audio… (2014) 3 exemplar
Rogue's life from his birth to his marriage. Little novels : Miss Duane and my lord, Mr. Policeman and the cook (1890) 3 exemplar
The works of Wilkie Collins. 10, Basil. Little novels : Mrs. Zant an the ghost. Miss Morris and the stranger. Mr.… (1999) 3 exemplar
Penny Dreadful Presents ... The Body Snatcher and The Strange Bed (Illustrated): A Penny Dreadful Double-Bill (2014) 3 exemplar
Greatest Mystery Novels of Wilkie Collins: Thriller Classics: The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, The Moonstone, The… (2015) 3 exemplar
The Woman in White 3 exemplar
British Mystery Multipack Volume 11 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Stolen Letter,… (2016) 3 exemplar
Reading & Training : Wilkie Collins : The Moonstone [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 2 exemplar
Dois destinos 2 exemplar
The Wilkie Collins BBC Radio Collection: Dramatisations and Readings of His Sensational Stories Including The Woman in… (2021) 2 exemplar
20 MUST READ CLASSIC MYSTERY BOOKS: NO NAME, DESPERATE REMEDIES, THE LAW AND THE LADY, A STUDY IN SCARLET, THE MYSTERY… (2014) 2 exemplar
Wilkie Collins - Les Intégrales, tome 1 : La dame en blanc/ Mari et femme/ Le secret (1997) 2 exemplar
Valeria's ontdekking 1 exemplar
Mesačný kameň 2 1 exemplar
Marvel Classics Comics 23 1 exemplar
The Moonstone (Simplified and abridged) 1 exemplar
Mesačný kameň 1 1 exemplar
Victorian Detectives Multipack: 26 Books 1 exemplar
The Moonstone (Annotated): The First Modern English Detective Novel (Classic Retrospective) 1 exemplar
Gospođica ili gospođa ; Živi mrtvac 1 exemplar
Monkton el loco y otros relatos 1 exemplar
The Moonstone - Prospectus 1 exemplar
Безумный монктон 1 exemplar
Собрание сочинений 2т 1 exemplar
Queen of Hearts and Mr. Lepel 1 exemplar
The Moonstone (Abridged by Joan De Fraine) 1 exemplar
Verschillende vertellingen 1 exemplar
The Ghost's Touch and My Lady's Money 1 exemplar
All the Year Round. Bound Volume of Issues 177 to 200 from September 13, 1862 to February 21, 1863 (1863) 1 exemplar
The Works of Wilkie Collins, Vol. 13: With Two Illustrations; No Name (Part Two); Little Novels, Mr. Cosway and the… (2018) 1 exemplar
Mrs Zant & The Ghost 1 exemplar
Das geheimnisvolle Hotel : e. Kriminalroman 1 exemplar
der rote Schale 1 exemplar
The Woman in White (illustrated) + The Moonstone + The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice 1 exemplar
The Moonstone (English Library) 1 exemplar
Antonia (and Moonstone) 1 exemplar
The Best Known Works of Wilkie Collins 1 exemplar
The Family Secret 1 exemplar
Fauntleroy 1 exemplar
The Parson's Scruple 1 exemplar
The Fatal Cradle 1 exemplar
Anne Rodway 1 exemplar
The Moonstone (Illustrated & Annotated): SPECIAL EDITION: the novel, the playscript, & 'Dr Duncan: A Forgotten… (2014) 1 exemplar
Fye! Fye! or the Fair Physician 1 exemplar
The Black Cottage 1 exemplar
A Stolen Letter 1 exemplar
Collins Wilkie 1 exemplar
Järndörren : Detektivroman 1 exemplar
Gabriel's Marriage 1 exemplar
Wilkie Collins bio/works 1 exemplar
The Moonstone (Abridged for Modern Reading) 1 exemplar
No name; poor miss finch 1 exemplar
A Passage in the Life of Perrugino Potts 1 exemplar
The Poetry Did it 1 exemplar
Farmer Fairweather 1 exemplar
No Name - Play 1 exemplar
BEST OF WILKIE COLLINS 1 exemplar
Novels The frozen deep and other tales 1 exemplar
THE VENICE MYSTERIES: The Woman in White, The Haunted Hotel & The Moonstone (3 Books in One Edition) (2017) 1 exemplar
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 2-Contains one novel 'The Two… (2009) 1 exemplar
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 1-Contains one novel 'The Haunted… (2009) 1 exemplar
A Sad and Brave Life 1 exemplar
The Complete Novels, Novellas and Short Stories of Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, The Moonstone… (2012) 1 exemplar
La dama de blanco Vol. 1 1 exemplar
The Poems of Robert Browning 1 exemplar
The Ring and the Book 1 exemplar
Vida de un bribón 1 exemplar
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3-Contains one novel 'Dead Secret,'… (2009) 1 exemplar
The Woman in White Level 3 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey (1959) — Bidragsgivare — 671 exemplar
The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories (2011) — Bidragsgivare — 138 exemplar
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 105 exemplar
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated) (2011) — Bidragsgivare, vissa utgåvor — 77 exemplar
The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library (1998) — Författare, vissa utgåvor — 64 exemplar
Doré's London: All 180 Images from the Original London Series with Selected Writings (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 55 exemplar
The Book of the Dead: Thirteen Classic Tales of the Supernatural (1986) — Bidragsgivare — 34 exemplar
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Greatest Detective Stories: 1837-1914 (2019) — Bidragsgivare — 24 exemplar
Roots of Detection: The Art of Deduction Before Sherlock Holmes (1983) — Bidragsgivare — 17 exemplar
Selected English Short Stories: XIX and XX Centuries (Second Series) (1924) — Bidragsgivare — 14 exemplar
Masters of the Macabre: An Anthology of Mystery, Horror, and Detection (1975) — Bidragsgivare — 13 exemplar
British Mystery Megapack Volume 3: The Mysterious Affair At Styles, The Secret Agent, The Man Who Would Be King, A… (2014) 12 exemplar
Selected English Short Stories: XIX & XX Centuries (Third Series) (1921) — Bidragsgivare — 11 exemplar
Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories (1978) — Bidragsgivare — 11 exemplar
Dead Drunk: Tales of Intoxication and Demon Drinks: 41 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2023) — Bidragsgivare — 7 exemplar
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories: English, Scotch (1908) — Bidragsgivare — 6 exemplar
Murder by gaslight, Victorian tales — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar
Great Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century: First Series — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
The Lady Detectives: Four BBC Radio 4 Crime Dramatisations — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Gespenster — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
English short stories of the nineteenth century — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
One hundred best novels condensed: 3 of 4 see note: Adam Bede; Tess of the D'Urbervilles; Don Quixote; East Lynne;… — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Fantastyczne Opowieści — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Collins, William Wilkie
- Födelsedag
- 1824-01-08
- Avled
- 1889-09-23
- Begravningsplats
- Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (för karta)
- England, UK
- Födelseort
- 11 Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Dödsort
- 82 Wimpole Street, Westminster, London, England, UK
- Dödsorsak
- a paralytic stroke
- Bostadsorter
- London, England, UK
- Utbildning
- Lincoln's Inn
- Yrken
- novelist
lawyer
short story writer - Relationer
- Collins, Charles Allston (brother)
Reade, Charles (friend)
Dickens, Charles (friend) - Organisationer
- Society of Authors (Vice-President, 1884)
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
Folio Archives 288: Tales of Suspense, Mystery and Imagination by Wilkie Collins & Edgar Allen Poe 1990 i Folio Society Devotees (september 2022)
Victorian Q2 Read-Along: The Law and the Lady i Club Read 2022 (maj 2022)
February 2022: Wilkie Collins i Monthly Author Reads (april 2022)
Group Read: The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins i The Green Dragon (oktober 2016)
Group Read, November 2013: The Woman in White i 1001 Books to read before you die (november 2013)
October Group Read - The Woman in White Discussion on Finishing i The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (november 2011)
October Read: The Woman in White - The Second Epoch (1st-4th) i The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (oktober 2011)
October Group Read: The Woman in White - The First Epoch i The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (oktober 2011)
October Read: The Woman in White - The Second Epoch 6th to End i The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (oktober 2011)
October Group Read - The Woman in White i The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (oktober 2011)
Group Read: The Law and the Lady i 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (april 2011)
April: Reading Wilkie Collins i Monthly Author Reads (maj 2010)
The Woman In White / The Dark Clue i Historical Mysteries (augusti 2006)
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- Medlemmar
- 35,205
- Popularitet
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- Betyg
- 3.9
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- ISBN
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- 28
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Detta är dock i sig i viss mån en eloge till en roman där en av de två manliga huvudpersonerna, Ozias Midwinter, har en svart kvinna som mor: visserligen finns vissa av fördomarna mot mörkhyade med i beskrivningen av honom, men när man skall summera hans karaktär är hans något vidskepliga läggning mindre viktig än hans intelligens, moral och känslighet. Visserligen kontrasteras dessa mot hans vän, den mer robust engelske Allan Armadale, vars godmodighet och ärlighet vägs upp av att han helt enkelt är lite korkad, men de framstår ändå främst som något lite annorlunda, inte något moraliskt försvagande.
Och så har vi då Miss Gwilt, en vacker kvinna vid trettiofem, som efter ett kringflackande liv nu hittat en ny födkrok: hon skall försöka gifta sig med Allan, och sedan leva gott. Hon är skön och beräknande, förförisk och iskall. Hon hatades av samtiden, men framstår idag som hyfsat tam, med ordentliga doser ångest över sina illvilliga planer.
I bakgrunden finns en komplicerad bakgrundshistoria, där Allan och Ozias fäder korsat spår, och efterlämnat förutsägelser och visioner (det framgår här att Ozias vidskeplighet ärvts av fadern). En dröm får stort utrymme, och mycket tid ägnas åt ångest över hur den skall tolkas, innan bokens andra halva sparkar igång och Miss Gwilt kan börja ett nytt, ännu högre spel innan allt tar slut med en osannolik plan för att få ut ett stort arv.
Det finns således en hel del att behandla, men omdömet får nog ändå bli att även om Collins på flera sätt hedras av sitt verk, så verkar det överarbetat och osannolikt, och det tar lite för lång tid att få alla pjäser på plats för att riktigt fungera.… (mer)