{"product_id":"9780099287476","title":"Wilkie Collins","description":"Author: Ackroyd, Peter\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099287476\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAckroyd at his best - a gripping short life of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/i\u003e and T\u003ci\u003ehe Woman in White.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to women - and avidly read by generations of readers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Ackroyd follows his hero, 'the sweetest-tempered of all the Victorian novelists', from his childhood as the son of a well-known artist to his struggling beginnings as a writer, his years of fame and his life-long friendship with the other great London chronicler, Charles Dickens. As well as his enduring masterpieces, \u003ci\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/i\u003e - often called the first true detective novel - and the sensational \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/i\u003e, he produced an intriguing array of lesser-known works. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with Ackroyd's inimitable verve, this is a ravishingly entertaining life of a great storyteller, full of surprises, rich in humour and sympathetic understanding.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47421660856478,"sku":"UBD-9780099287476","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099287476.jpg?v=1780548601","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099287476","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}