William Wilkie Collins (Noun)
Meaning
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- William Wilkie Collins is widely regarded as one of the earliest detective fiction writers in the English language.
- Collins was a pioneer of the detective novel and is best known for his novels The Woman in White and The Moonstone.
- Wilkie Collins was an English writer of sensational novels that explored the complexities of the human psyche.
- Collins was an early master of the detective novel, predating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the creation of Sherlock Holmes.
- Wilkie Collins's groundbreaking detective novels, particularly The Moonstone, laid the groundwork for later writers of detective fiction.