Wilkie Collins (1824–1889)
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Wilkie Collins was born in London, England on January 8, 1824. He worked first in business and then law, but eventually turned to literature. During his lifetime, he wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, at least 14 plays, and more than 100 non-fiction pieces. His works include Antonia, The mostra altro Woman in White, The Moonstone, The Haunted Hotel, and Heart and Science. He was a close friend of Charles Dickens and collaborated with him. He died on September 23, 1889. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Portrait of Wilkie Collins (1850). Paiting in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Opere di Wilkie Collins
The Essential Works of Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, and The Moonstone (Halcyon Classics) (1992) 46 copie
El Hotel De Los Horrores,la Confesion Del Pastor Anglicano (novelas de suspense y terror) (2002) 31 copie
El Policía Y La Cocinera. El Señor Medhurst Y La Princesa = Mr. Policeman And The Cook. Mr. Medhurst (2000) 15 copie
Complete Works of Wilkie Collins: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Essays, and Memoirs (Illustrated) (2015) 12 copie
The Woman in White: Original 2004 London Cast Recording — Original book — 12 copie
pg43092-images 8 copie
British Mystery Megapack Volume 1 - The Good Soldier, Haunted Hotel and The Red House Mystery (Illustrated) (2014) 6 copie
The Moonstone / Oliver Twist / A Tale of Two Cities / the History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: Vol. 1 (Penguin Readers… (2000) 6 copie
The best of Wilkie Collins 4 copie
The Cauldron of Oil 4 copie
Reading & Training : Wilkie Collins : The woman in white [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 4 copie
Der geheimnisvolle Palazzo - John Jagos Geist - Der verschwundene Erbe. Drei klassische Kriminalromane. (1992) 4 copie
Wilkie Collins Collection - The Moonstone, No Name, The Woman In White and After Dark (Illustrated and Annotated Audio… (2014) 3 copie
Rogue's life from his birth to his marriage. Little novels : Miss Duane and my lord, Mr. Policeman and the cook (1890) 3 copie
The works of Wilkie Collins. 10, Basil. Little novels : Mrs. Zant an the ghost. Miss Morris and the stranger. Mr.… (1999) 3 copie
Penny Dreadful Presents ... The Body Snatcher and The Strange Bed (Illustrated): A Penny Dreadful Double-Bill (2014) 3 copie
Greatest Mystery Novels of Wilkie Collins: Thriller Classics: The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, The Moonstone, The… (2015) 3 copie
The Woman in White 3 copie
British Mystery Multipack Volume 11 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Stolen Letter,… (2016) 3 copie
Reading & Training : Wilkie Collins : The Moonstone [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 2 copie
Dois destinos 2 copie
The Wilkie Collins BBC Radio Collection: Dramatisations and Readings of His Sensational Stories Including The Woman in… (2021) 2 copie
20 MUST READ CLASSIC MYSTERY BOOKS: NO NAME, DESPERATE REMEDIES, THE LAW AND THE LADY, A STUDY IN SCARLET, THE MYSTERY… (2014) 2 copie
Valeria's ontdekking 1 copia
Marvel Classics Comics 23 1 copia
Mesačný kameň 2 1 copia
Mesačný kameň 1 1 copia
Monkton el loco y otros relatos 1 copia
The Moonstone - Prospectus 1 copia
Безумный монктон 1 copia
Собрание сочинений 2т 1 copia
Queen of Hearts and Mr. Lepel 1 copia
Verschillende vertellingen 1 copia
All the Year Round. Bound Volume of Issues 177 to 200 from September 13, 1862 to February 21, 1863 (1863) 1 copia
The Works of Wilkie Collins, Vol. 13: With Two Illustrations; No Name (Part Two); Little Novels, Mr. Cosway and the… (2018) 1 copia
Mrs Zant & The Ghost 1 copia
der rote Schale 1 copia
The Woman in White (illustrated) + The Moonstone + The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice 1 copia
The Moonstone (English Library) 1 copia
Antonia (and Moonstone) 1 copia
The Family Secret 1 copia
Fauntleroy 1 copia
The Parson's Scruple 1 copia
The Fatal Cradle 1 copia
Anne Rodway 1 copia
The Moonstone (Illustrated & Annotated): SPECIAL EDITION: the novel, the playscript, & 'Dr Duncan: A Forgotten… (2014) 1 copia
Fye! Fye! or the Fair Physician 1 copia
The Black Cottage 1 copia
A Stolen Letter 1 copia
Collins Wilkie 1 copia
Järndörren : Detektivroman 1 copia
Gabriel's Marriage 1 copia
Wilkie Collins bio/works 1 copia
No name; poor miss finch 1 copia
The Poetry Did it 1 copia
Farmer Fairweather 1 copia
No Name - Play 1 copia
BEST OF WILKIE COLLINS 1 copia
THE VENICE MYSTERIES: The Woman in White, The Haunted Hotel & The Moonstone (3 Books in One Edition) (2017) 1 copia
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 2-Contains one novel 'The Two… (2009) 1 copia
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 1-Contains one novel 'The Haunted… (2009) 1 copia
A Sad and Brave Life 1 copia
The Complete Novels, Novellas and Short Stories of Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, The Moonstone… (2012) 1 copia
La dama de blanco Vol. 1 1 copia
The Poems of Robert Browning 1 copia
The Ring and the Book 1 copia
Vida de un bribón 1 copia
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3-Contains one novel 'Dead Secret,'… (2009) 1 copia
The Woman in White Level 3 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories (2011) — Collaboratore — 138 copie
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Collaboratore — 106 copie
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated) (2011) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 77 copie
The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library (1998) — Autore, alcune edizioni — 64 copie
Doré's London: All 180 Images from the Original London Series with Selected Writings (2008) — Collaboratore — 55 copie
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Greatest Detective Stories: 1837-1914 (2019) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
Selected English Short Stories: XIX and XX Centuries (Second Series) (1924) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
Masters of the Macabre: An Anthology of Mystery, Horror, and Detection (1975) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
British Mystery Megapack Volume 3: The Mysterious Affair At Styles, The Secret Agent, The Man Who Would Be King, A… (2014) 12 copie
Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories (1978) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Dead Drunk: Tales of Intoxication and Demon Drinks: 41 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2023) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories: English, Scotch (1908) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love: 45 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2024) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Murder by gaslight, Victorian tales — Collaboratore — 3 copie
The Lady Detectives: Four BBC Radio 4 Crime Dramatisations — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Great Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century: First Series — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Fantastyczne Opowieści — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Gespenster — Collaboratore — 1 copia
English short stories of the nineteenth century — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Collins, William Wilkie
- Data di nascita
- 1824-01-08
- Data di morte
- 1889-09-23
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- 11 Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- 82 Wimpole Street, Westminster, London, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- a paralytic stroke
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Lincoln's Inn
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
lawyer
short story writer - Relazioni
- Collins, Charles Allston (brother)
Reade, Charles (friend)
Dickens, Charles (friend) - Organizzazioni
- Society of Authors (Vice-President, 1884)
Utenti
Discussioni
April 2024: Wilkie Collins in Monthly Author Reads (Martedì 8:10am)
Folio Archives 288: Tales of Suspense, Mystery and Imagination by Wilkie Collins & Edgar Allen Poe 1990 in Folio Society Devotees (Settembre 2022)
Victorian Q2 Read-Along: The Law and the Lady in Club Read 2022 (Mag 2022)
February 2022: Wilkie Collins in Monthly Author Reads (Aprile 2022)
Group Read: The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins in The Green Dragon (Ottobre 2016)
Group Read, November 2013: The Woman in White in 1001 Books to read before you die (Novembre 2013)
October Group Read - The Woman in White Discussion on Finishing in The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (Novembre 2011)
October Read: The Woman in White - The Second Epoch (1st-4th) in The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (Ottobre 2011)
October Group Read: The Woman in White - The First Epoch in The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (Ottobre 2011)
October Read: The Woman in White - The Second Epoch 6th to End in The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (Ottobre 2011)
October Group Read - The Woman in White in The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (Ottobre 2011)
Group Read: The Law and the Lady in 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Aprile 2011)
April: Reading Wilkie Collins in Monthly Author Reads (Mag 2010)
The Woman In White / The Dark Clue in Historical Mysteries (Agosto 2006)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 328
- Opere correlate
- 126
- Utenti
- 35,255
- Popolarità
- #537
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 920
- ISBN
- 3,326
- Lingue
- 28
- Preferito da
- 179
In entrambi abbiamo misteri da svelare, equivoci ed amori tormentati, ma mentre ne La donna in bianco questi elementi assumono le forme tradizionali del feuilleton, qui sono strumentali allo svolgimento dell'indagine, che ricopre un ruolo preponderante: non a caso è considerato il primo poliziesco inglese.
Non dobbiamo però immaginare un giallo per come lo concepiamo oggi, infatti è pieno di ingenuità tipicamente vittoriane che ai giorni nostri non possono che farci sorridere, ad esempio l'idea che i gentiluomini e le gentildonne di un certo rango siano superiori alla polizia, tanto che possono impunemente ostacolare le indagini o addirittura chiudere l'inchiesta a loro discrezione; tuttavia per la prima volta compare sulla scena un detective professionista, dotato di acume e spirito deduttivo, che richiama alla mente i successivi e più celebri Sherlock Holmes ed Hecule Poirot, piccole manie incluse (in questo caso la coltivazione delle rose).
La struttura narrativa è quella tipica dell'autore, ossia una relazione particolareggiata degli avvenimenti in rigoroso ordine cronologico, talmente minuziosa che rischierebbe di annoiare se non sfruttasse l'espediente del cambio di punti di vista, tecnica di cui Collins si conferma maestro, per vivacizzare il ritmo. Ogni narratore ha una personalità ben distinta, che traspare dalle pagine e contribuisce a renderle uniche: come dimenticare lo zelo religioso di miss Clack o la personalissima visione del mondo del maggiordomo Betteredge, i personaggi più riusciti del romanzo.
I protagonisti invece risentono della morale vittoriana e sono scialbi, dei campioni di virtù la cui ossessione per l'onore li rende irritantemente ottusi; in particolare l'eroina, la tipica ereditiera bella buona ed intelligente che ispira devozione in chiunque la incontri.
Nonostante certi difetti tipici del suo tempo e nonostante la soluzione del mistero sia immediatamente intuibile per un lettore smaliziato, è un libro godibile e scorrevole, che si legge con facilità e che riesce a coinvolgere il lettore grazie a dei riuscitissimi ritratti d'ambiente.… (altro)