The Woman in White is Wilkie Collins' fifth published novel, written in 1859. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first in the genre of "sensation novels". The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero, Walter Hartright, …
《月亮宝石》是十九世纪的一位英国著名作家—威廉·威尔基·柯林斯所著作的一部代表性的推理小说。该书于1868年出版后,被文坛一致公认此书为他的最佳作品,后世更被誉之为“第一部英国侦探小说,也是最伟大的一部”,从此柯林斯也就戴上了“现代侦探小说鼻祖”的桂冠。以写《福尔摩斯探案》而闻名的柯南·道尔也在很大程度上受到他的影响。 …
No Name by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century novel revolving around the issue of illegitimacy. It was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round before book publication.
The Law and the Lady is a detective story, published in 1875 by Wilkie Collins. It is not quite as sensational in style as The Moonstone and The Woman in White.
Man and Wife was Wilkie Collins’ ninth published novel. It is the second of his novels in which social questions provide the main impetus of the plot. Collins increasingly used his novels to explore social abuses, which according to critics tends to detract from their qualities as fiction. The social issue which …