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Wilkie Collins

Biography

Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.

Wilkie Collins

Books by Wilkie Collins

by Wilkie Collins - Fiction, Mystery

The year is 1848 and Rachel Verinder has just inherited an Indian yellow diamond on her eighteenth birthday --- only for the stone to be stolen. Eleven different narrators, all directly related to the crime, explain the hunt for the diamond. As they reveal more details about the night of Rachel's party they complicate the diamond's recovery with unexpected twists and turns. First published in the United States by Harper & Brothers in 1868, THE MOONSTONE is considered the very first detective novel in the English language and remains as riveting today as it did a century and a half ago.