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William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of ...
Wilkie Collins was an English sensation novelist, early master of the mystery story, and pioneer of detective fiction. The son of William Collins (1788–1847), the landscape painter, he developed a gift for inventing tales while still a schoolboy at a private boarding school.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 29, 2024 · Learn about the life and work of Wilkie Collins, who pioneered the detective novel and exposed the plight of Victorian women through his fiction. Discover how he drew on his legal training, his friendship with Charles Dickens and his own experiences to create gripping stories that challenged social injustice.
- Katherine Hobbs
Jan 8, 2024 · Explore the life and work of Wilkie Collins, the Victorian writer who pioneered the sensation novel and the detective genre. Learn how he used mystery, suspense and psychology to reflect on the changing world around him.
Apr 13, 2016 · Jason Hall, a Victorian literature expert and editor of Jezebel's Daughter, selects five novels by Wilkie Collins, the inventor of the detective genre. He discusses Collins's unconventional life, his eccentric characters, his social commentary and his legacy.
The Woman in White is Wilkie Collins's fifth published novel, written in 1860 and set from 1849 to 1850. It started its publication on 26 November 1859 and its publication was completed on 25 August 1860.
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The Wilkie Collins Society publishes biographical accounts of Wilkie Collins and his family. They range from interviews with Wilkie Collins and recollections by people who knew him to modern studies of his life, family, and finances.
