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Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens

Posted on August 6, 2013 by freelibraryrbd

A novelist whose popularity endures in works such as The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) befriended Dickens in 1851 when he co-wrote No Thoroughfare for All the Year Round and later acted with Dickens in the amateur theatrical production … Continue reading →

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Autograph letter to Wilkie Collins, dated April 22, 1863.

Posted on August 6, 2013 by freelibraryrbd

In this letter, Dickens mourns the passing of several friends he shared with Collins and reminisces about their times performing amateur theatricals together.  The tone of the letter is rather contrite, and suggests the desire to re-connect with Collins. Augustus … Continue reading →

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