The Letters of Wilkie Collins, Volume 1

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Wilkie Collins is the only leading Victorian novelist whose letters have not been published. His best known novels, The Woman in White and The Moonstone, continue to feature on television, and most of his thirty-odd novels are in print.Wilkie Collins is the only leading Victorian novelist whose letters have not been published. This two-volume edition will thus fill a gaping hole in any assessment of one of the nineteenth century's most loved novelists. It is also extremely timely. Two recent biographies have re-assessed his private life and his literary achievements. His best known novels, The Woman in White and The Moonstone, continue to feature on television, and most of his thirty-odd novels are in print. This authorized edition covers more than 2,000 of Collins' letters.