{"product_id":"book-bjow","title":"Wilkie Collins","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gripping, short biography of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/i\u003e, two early masterpieces of mystery and detection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely near-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colorful clothes-Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was nonetheless a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to women, and avidly read by generations of readers. Peter Ackroyd follows his hero, \"the sweetest-tempered of all the Victorian novelists,\" from his childhood as the son of a well-known artist to his struggling beginnings as a writer, his years of fame, and his lifelong friendship with the other great London chronicler, Charles Dickens. In addition to his enduring masterpieces, \u003ci\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/i\u003e-often called the first true detective novel-and the sensational \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/i\u003e, Collins produced an intriguing array of lesser-known works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with Ackroyd's inimitable verve, this is a ravishingly entertaining life of a great storyteller, full of surprises, rich in humor and sympathetic understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49300856930608,"sku":"BDbjow","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49300856963376,"sku":"ZEbjow","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49300856996144,"sku":"ZMbjow","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/bjow-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775783530","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bjow","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}