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Definition of Wilkie Collins from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Wilkie Collins

/ˌwɪlki ˈkɒlɪnz/

/ˌwɪlki ˈkɑːlɪnz/

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(1824-89) an English writer of novels. His most famous novels are The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868), which is regarded as the first real detective novel in English.

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