Author Wilkie Collins lived here
Wilkie Collins, celebrated Victorian fiction author, lived here.
Location: 90 Gloucester Place (now 65), W1U
Description: Victorian fiction author Wilkie Collins lived here in the 19th Century. He wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and more than 100 non-fiction pieces.
He was a close friend of Charles Dickens and was one of the biggest authors and celebrities of his time. But after his death, his reputation declined as Dickens's bloomed.
For more information and to find our more about this great man - please visit these valuable information sources which outline details before and after 1848:
http://www.wilkie-collins.info/wilkie_collins_lived.htm & http://www.wilkiecollins.com/
Tours: Charles Dickens' London
Themes: Literary|
Wilkie Collins, celebrated Victorian fiction author, lived here. |
Ranking This Month: 1354/3085
Pages Hit This Month: 56
Credits: http://www.wilkiecollins.com/
Your Comments:
Other places nearby:
Cash in the Wind», 3.0km
Dickens 1st Love lived here», 3.0km
George Orwell taught here», 11.km
Home of poet Robert Browning», 1.0km
Agatha Christies Bombed House», 1.9km
The Turks Head Literary Club», 1.2km
Ann Radcliffe lived here», 1.5km
Charles Kingsley lived here», 2.4km
William Blake was born here.», 0.9km
Rimbaud and Verlaines House», 1.6km
Location Pinpointed:
Open Street Maps», Google Maps»
