![]() ![]() ![]() Napomáhají tomu i poměrně časté televizní a filmové adaptace jeho děl. Nicméně v současnosti se stávají práce Wilkieho Collinse předmětem pozornosti kritiků i čtenářů. Ale na rozdíl od Dickense, jehož popularita po smrti vzrůstala, bylo Collinsovo jméno trochu pozapomenuto. Přátelil se s mnoha význačnými osobnostmi z literárních kruhů, velmi blízko měl zejména ke spisovateli Charlesi Dickensovi. Ve své době byl jedním z nejvyhledávanějších a také nejlépe placených spisovatelů. Za svůj život vydal 23 románů, šest sbírek povídek, jednu sbírku esejí, jeden cestopis, jednu biografii, patnáct divadelních her, přes 100 prací faktografického rázu a obrovské množství povídek, které nebyly vydány knižně, ale jen v časopisech. sensation novel), které byly velmi populární v Anglii 60. Svá díla vydával pod jménem Wilkie Collins. září 1889) byl anglický romanopisec, autor povídek a divadelních her. ![]() les, més de 50 narracions curtes, almenys 15 obres teatrals i més de 100 assaigs.Va ser molt popular en la seua època i va escriure 27 novel William Wilkie Collins (Londres, 8 de gener de 1824 - 23 de setembre de 1889) va ser un escriptor britànic de l'època victoriana, contemporani i amic de Charles Dickens. ![]()
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