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Wilkie Collins was a novelist and playwright whose most well known books are 'The Woman in White' and 'The Moonstone'. He was a part time collaborater with his friend Charles Dickens and the pair occasionally acted together in amateur productions. Collins suffered with gout for much of his life and became addicted to opium which he took to ease the pain. He wrote his most successful novels and plays during the 1860s but the quality of his writing declined in later years.
Wilkie Collins was a novelist and playwright whose most well known books are 'The Woman in White' and 'The Moonstone'. He was a part time collaborater with his friend Charles Dickens and the pair occasionally acted together in amateur productions. Collins suffered with gout for much of his life and became addicted to opium which he took to ease the pain. He wrote his most successful novels and plays during the 1860s but the quality of his writing declined in later years.
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| Name: | Wilkie Collins |
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| Also known as: | William Wilkie Collins |
| Gender: | Male |
| Nationality: | English |
| Date of birth: | 1824 |
| Date of death: | 1889 |
| Roles: | Novelist; Playwright |
| Linked correspondent: | Charles Dickens (link opens in new window); John Everett Millais (link opens in new window); Anthony Trollope (link opens in new window) |
| Project person ID: | SLP030 |
| Image rights: | From Library of Congress |
