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Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. Collins made significant contribution towards development of the sensation novel, which focused on tales woven around criminal biographies. It also drew on the gothic and romantic genres of fiction. Typically the sensation novel focused on shocking subject matter including adultery, theft, kidnapping, insanity, bigamy, forgery, seduction and murder. His best-known works include The Woman in White , The Moonstone , Armadale , No Name , The Queen of Hearts , The Haunted Hotel . He worked initially as a tea merchant. Collins gained financial stability and an international following by the 1860s.

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