Wilkie Collins: A Brief Life (Ackroyd's Brief Lives)

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Wilkie Collins: A Brief Life (Ackroyd's Brief Lives)

A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author ofÂ The MoonstoneÂ andÂ The Woman in White, two early masterpieces of mystery and detection.

Â Â Â Â Â Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely nearsighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colorful clothes, Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was nonetheless a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to womenâ€”and avidly read by generations of readers. Peter Ackroyd follows his hero, "the sweetest-tempered of all the Victorian novelists," fromÂ Collins' childhood as the son of a well-known artist to his struggling beginnings as a writer, his years of fame, and his lifelong friendship with that other great London chronicler, Charles Dickens. In addition to his enduring masterpieces,Â The Moonstoneâ€”often called the first true detective novelâ€”and the sensationalÂ The Woman in White, he produced an intriguing array of lesser known works. Told with Ackroyd's inimitable verve, this is a ravishingly entertaining life of a great storyteller, full of surprises, rich in humor and sympathetic understanding.
Country USA
Brand Nan A. Talese
Manufacturer Nan A. Talese
Binding Hardcover
Color White
ReleaseDate 2015-10-06
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780385537391

Country	USA
Brand	Nan A. Talese
Manufacturer	Nan A. Talese
Binding	Hardcover
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2015-10-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780385537391

Wilkie Collins: A Brief Life (Ackroyd's Brief Lives)

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