The Secret Life of Wilkie Collins

• Author(s): William M. Clarke,
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
• Pages: 255
• ISBN_10: 1461730317
  ISBN_13: 9781461730316
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Biography & Autobiography / General ,

Description:... In this intimate Victorian life of the father of the detective story, Mr. Clarke uncovers and explores, with insight and sympathy, the private relationships of a fascinating writer. A literary coup...casts a fresh beam of light on the great, dark seam of Victorian sexual mores. —Observer