Wilkie Collins

The biographical works of the famous British novelist and philologist Peter Ackroyd are invariably popular among Russian readers. As for the subject of his biographical research – the writer Wilkie Collins – this author has long become a part of the domestic literary "worldview", as "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White" have adorned home libraries since the 1970s. Ackroyd tells about the life of Wilkie Collins, his friendship and collaboration with Dickens, travels, and books – while simultaneously painting a multifaceted picture of Victorian England.
This book is published in Russian for the first time.