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Novelists Who Were More Enlightened Than Their Era

Dave Astor | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Women, Stereotypes, John Steinbeck, Wilkie Collins, Novels, Asian Americans, Racism, Alexandre Dumas, Anti-Racism, Biracial, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, African Americans, Books News
Dave Astor

The 1800s were of course a time of blatant racism, and many authors reflected that by depicting fictional characters of color in horribly stereotyped ways. Or they omitted those characters entirely, as if the world was populated by whites only.

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'Second Bananas' Who Were First-Rate Authors

Dave Astor | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Wilkie Collins, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Herman Melville, Classic Novels, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Underrated Novels, Underrated Authors, Mark Twain, Books News
Dave Astor

Why do some 19th-century novelists resemble the pre-2004 Boston Red Sox or some current singers other than Adele? This post will explain!

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A Dearth of Mirth at the End of Many Great Novels

Dave Astor | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Unhappy Endings, Wilkie Collins, Classic Novels, The House of Mirth, George Orwell, Novels, Nathaniel Hawthorne, J.R.R. Tolkien, Aldous Huxley, Herman Melville, Charlotte Bronte, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Books News
Dave Astor

After just finishing The House of Mirth, I'm reminded once again that many great novels don't have happy endings.

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Photographing the Granddaddy of Detective Fiction

Carolyn Vega | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Wilkie Collins, The Morgan Library & Museum, Detective Novels, Gothic Horror, Wilkie Collins Photos, The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Charles Dickens, Mystery Novels, Victorian Literature, New York News
Carolyn Vega

2011-07-22-pullquote.jpgWilkie Collins was one of the major literary celebrities of the Victorian age.

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Picking Favorites: Books That Make Me Sigh With Satisfaction

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Burger's Daughter, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, Barbara Kingsolver, Louise Erdrich, Wilkie Collins, A Burnt-Out Case, Stewart O?Nan, Thrity Umrigar, Ursula Le Guin, Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Colin Channer, Toni Morrison, Nadine Gordimer, Geraldine Brooks, Graham Green, The Clue in the Old Album, Philip Roth, Harriet the Spy, Martha Grimes, Jose Saramago, Favorite Books, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

A great book happens when I pick up a book and can't put it down again; when I cannot suppress the sighs upon finishing it; when I cannot wait to tell everyone I know: read this book! But how to pick a favorite?

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Penguin Re-Releases The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cynthia Ellis

Reading The Woman in White is not unlike being in a cage surrounded by sharks, if you could somehow eat crème brulee at the same time. It is exquisitely uncomfortable.

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India Demands UK Return 'Cursed' Diamond

The Telegraph | Dean Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Delhi, Wilkie Collins, Koh I Noor Diamond, The Moonstone, India, Diamond, East India Company, Gemstone, World News

The Indian government has demanded the return of the 'cursed' Koh i Noor diamond, a symbol of imperial power and the inspiration for the Victorian aut...

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Short Stories for $3.99: the Atlantic/Kindle Deal is Not So New

Wednesday Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Short Stories, Curtis Sittenfeld, Wilkie Collins, Publishing Industry, Wednesdy Martin, Kindle, Charles Dickens, E-Reader, Fiction Sales, Christopher Buckley, Atlantic Monthly, Contemporary Fiction, Changes in Publishing Industry, Victorian Fiction, Amazon, Reading, Edna O'Brien, Ereaders, Amazon Kindle, Ebooks, Books, Books News
Wednesday Martin

As of December 7, short stories by Christopher Buckley, Edna O'Brien (and by January Curtis Sittenfeld, and presumably many others) are available on Kindle, courtesy of a deal with the Atlantic Monthly.

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