{"title":"Wilkie Collins","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilkie Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003e1824–1889\u003c\/em\u003e) was a pioneering English Victorian author who fathered the modern English detective novel. Renowned for intricate plots and suspense, his most famous works, \u003cem\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/em\u003e (1860) and \u003cem\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/em\u003e (1868), revolutionized mystery and sensation fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Works:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Woman in White (1860):\u003c\/strong\u003e The archetypal \"sensation novel,\" famous for its multiple narrators and gripping mystery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Moonstone (1868):\u003c\/strong\u003e Widely celebrated as the first true English detective novel and a pioneer of the police procedural genre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArmadale (1866) \u0026amp; No Name (1862):\u003c\/strong\u003e Further examples of his complex plotting and exploration of social issues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife \u0026amp; Legacy:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePartnership with Dickens:\u003c\/strong\u003e Collins was a close friend, mentor, and collaborator of Charles Dickens. They often co-wrote plays and published fiction in Dickens' magazines, such as \u003cem\u003eAll the Year Round\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnconventional Lifestyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e A vocal critic of Victorian marriage, Collins never married. He divided his time between his long-term partner Caroline Graves and his common-law wife Martha Rudd.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpium Addiction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Collins suffered from chronic gout and arthritis, leading to a severe addiction to laudanum (an opium-alcohol mix). He famously hallucinated parts of \u003cem\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/em\u003e while under the drug's influence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0327\/2073\/collections\/Wilkie_Collins.jpg?v=1785517717","url":"https:\/\/www.ekitapyayincilik.com\/collections\/wilkie-collins.oembed","provider":"e-kitap Yayıncılık","version":"1.0","type":"link"}