Read Complete Works of Wilkie Collins Online
Authors: Wilkie Collins
Complete Works of Wilkie Collins (2 page)
THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE COPYRIGHT QUESTION
BOOKS NECESSARY FOR A LIBERAL EDUCATION
REMINISCENCES OF A STORY-TELLER
THE NATIONAL GALLERY AND THE OLD MASTERS
A CLAUSE FOR THE NEW REFORM BILL
ADDRESS FROM THE QUEEN TO CERTAIN OF HER SUBJECTS IN OFFICE
WILKIE COLLINS’ CHARMS by Olive Logan
THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John Forster
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In tribute to the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens, Delphi Classics is pleased to introduce Dickensiana, a first of its kind e-compilation of period accounts of Dickens’s life and works, rare 19th and early 20th century books and articles about Dickens and Dickensian locales.
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
WILKIE COLLINS
Collins’ birthplace, Marylebone,
London
OR
THE FALL OF
ROME
Antonina
was Collins’ first novel, published in 1850. Its success gave him at once a recognised place among the writers of fiction of that time, including Dickens, Thackeray and Bulwer. It also led Collins to abandon a career of law and make a profession of novel writing. Yet, curiously enough, the success of Antonina did not tempt him to venture again in the historical genre, as all of his following novels were modern.
Collins as an infant, drawn by his father
