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Wilkie Collins

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Born 1824 in London · Died 1889 in London

writer, novelist, playwright, journalist · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Notable works: The Woman in White, The Moonstone

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The Woman in White

From Project Gutenberg e-text #583 (public domain in the USA).

This is the story of what a Woman’s patience can endure, and what a Man’s resolution can achieve.

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My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.

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The Moonstone

From Project Gutenberg e-text #155 (public domain in the USA).

Starting from these plain facts, the idea is that we should all write the story of the Moonstone in turn—as far as our own personal experience extends, and no farther.

— Spoken by a character · Chapter I

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We had our breakfasts—whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn’t matter, you must have your breakfast.

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The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

From Project Gutenberg e-text #170 (public domain in the USA).

In every class of society, gratitude is the rarest of all human virtues.

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Ask yourself if there is any explanation of the mystery of your own life and death.

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