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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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| Title: | Letter from Wilkie Collins |
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| Description: | An interesting letter in which Wilkie Collins talks about his personal worth and the financial success of some of his books. He refers to 'The Woman in White', 'Hide and Seek', 'The Queen of Hearts' and 'The Dead Secret' in his letter. |
| Address: | 12 Harley Street |
| Letter dated: | 10-11-1860 |
| Physical description: | Sampson Low Letters, Volume 1, 3 pages ; printed address. Some minor glue seepage. |
| Type of letter: | Discussion of work published or forthcoming, including copyright |
| Key works mentioned: | Hide and Seek; The Queen of Hearts; The Woman in White; The Dead Secret. |
| Letter note: | This letter has a related note written by the Reverend Frederick William Low who compiled the volumes in c.1913: "William Wilkie Collins, the well known novelist, author of "The Woman in White", "The Dead Secret", "The Moonstone", "The Queen of Hearts" &c. was born Jan: 8. 1824, and died Sept:23. 1889." |
| Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | No further use without permission. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Image rights: | From Library of Congress |
| Identifier: | SL_31 |
