by wilkieco | Apr 1, 2016 | Reviews
One of the most memorable condemnations of sensation fiction in the Victorian periodical press occurred in an 1865 North British Review article by W. Fraser Rae, who backhandedly credited Mary Elizabeth Braddon with “making the literature of the Kitchen the favourite...
by wilkieco | Apr 1, 2016 | Reviews
Charles Dickens’s enjoyment of reading, and the inspiration he took from it, has been granted as close to consensual critical agreement as is perhaps possible. Few critics, however, have attempted to so comprehensively read Dickens’s own reading as Jeremy Tambling....
by wilkieco | Apr 1, 2016 | Reviews
The penny black stamp issued with Queen Victoria’s profile printed on it holds interest for more than philatelists—it launched cheap postage in the United Kingdom, and, arguably, a communication revolution. Starting with the introduction of penny postage, Laura...
by wilkieco | Aug 22, 2014 | News
WILKIE COLLINS A LIFE OF SENSATION, ANDREW LYCETT, 2013. The main Collins event of the autumn is the publication of Andrew Lycett’s eagerly awaited biography which has been comprehensively reviewed by the press. Paul Lewis writes: There have been around twenty book...
by wilkieco | Aug 22, 2014 | News
COMBINED NEWSLETTERS We are conscious that the 2013 Spring Newsletter is rather overdue. This is mainly because our efforts have been directed at publishing The Lighthouse (see below) which we have been keen to make available to members as part of their 2013...
