Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Born into the family of painter William Collins in London, Wilkie lived with his family in Italy and France as a child and learned French and Italian. After his first novel Antonina was published in 1850, he met Charles Dickens, who became a close friend, mentor and collaborator. Some of Collins's works were first published in Dickens' journals All the Year Round and Household Words and the two collaborated on dramatic and fictional works. Having ...
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Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Born into the family of painter William Collins in London, Wilkie lived with his family in Italy and France as a child and learned French and Italian. After his first novel Antonina was published in 1850, he met Charles Dickens, who became a close friend, mentor and collaborator. Some of Collins's works were first published in Dickens' journals All the Year Round and Household Words and the two collaborated on dramatic and fictional works. Having previously tried my hand at short serial stories (collected and reprinted in _After Dark, _ and _The Queen of Hearts), _ I ventured on my first attempt, in this book, to produce a sustained work of fiction, intended for periodical publication during many successive weeks. The experiment proved successful both in this country and in America. Two of the characters which appear in these pages -- "Rosamond," and "Uncle Joseph" -- had the good fortune to find friends everywhere who took a hearty liking to them. A more elaborately drawn personage in the story -- "Sarah Leeson" -- was, I think, less generally understood. The idea of tracing, in this character, the influence of a heavy responsibility on a naturally timid woman, whose mind was neither strong enough to bear it, nor bold enough to drop it altogether, was a favorite idea with me, at the time, and is so much a favorite still, that I privately give "Sarah Leeson" the place of honor in the little portrait-gallery which my story contains. Perhaps, in saying this, I am only acknowledging, in other words, that the parents of literary families share the well-known inconsistencies of parents in general, and are sometimes unreasonably fond of the child who has always given them the most trouble. -- Wilkie Collins, _January, 1861_ Includes vintage illustration!
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Add this copy of The Dead Secret to cart. $43.00, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.
I'm a Wilkie Collins fan, so just about any book by Wilkie Collins will be read by me. All his stories though are excellent reads and "Dead Secret" is no different. I recommend it.
adi62
May 28, 2007
excellent
Wilkie Collins is an excellent writer. All of his books I would recommend. They are all the type of books that you can't put down once you start reading them. It only took me a short time to read The dead secret. I also recommend the Woman in White and The Moonstone. and No name all by Wilkie Collins.
