Издания и произведения

Биографические работы известного британского романиста и филолога Питера Акройда неизменно пользуются успехом у российских читателей. Что касается предмета его биографического исследования — писателя Уилки Коллинза, — то этот автор давно стал частью отечественной литературной картины мира, ведь «Лунный камень» и «Женщина в белом» еще с 1970-х годов служили украшением домашних библиотек. Акройд рассказывает о жизни Уилки Коллинза, его дружбе и сотрудничестве с Диккенсом, путешествиях, книгах — и одновременно рисует многоплановую картину жизни викторианской Англии. На русском языке книга публикуется впервые.

Ackroyd at his best - gripping short life of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author of 'The Moonstone' and 'The Woman in White'. Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, 'as if playing a certain part in the great general drama of life' Wilkie Collins looked distinctily strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to women -- and avidly read by generations of readers. Ackroyd follows his hero, 'the sweetest-tempered of all the Victorian novelists', from his childhood as the…

Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was none the less 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 life-long friendship with the other great London chronicler, Charles Dickens. As well as his enduring…

Ackroyd at his best - gripping short life of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author of 'The Moonstone' and 'The Woman in White'. Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, 'as if playing a certain part in the great general drama of life' Wilkie Collins looked distinctily strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to women -- and avidly read by generations of readers. Ackroyd follows his hero, 'the sweetest-tempered of all the Victorian novelists', from his childhood as the…

Ackroyd at his best - gripping short life of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author of 'The Moonstone' and 'The Woman in White'. Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, 'as if playing a certain part in the great general drama of life' Wilkie Collins looked distinctily strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to women -- and avidly read by generations of readers. Ackroyd follows his hero, 'the sweetest-tempered of all the Victorian novelists', from his childhood as the…

Биографические работы известного британского романиста и филолога Питера Акройда неизменно пользуются успехом у российских читателей. Что касается предмета его биографического исследования – писателя Уилки Коллинза, – то этот автор давно стал частью отечественной литературной картины мира, ведь «Лунный камень» и «Женщина в белом» еще с 1970-х годов служили украшением домашних библиотек. Акройд рассказывает о жизни Уилки Коллинза, его дружбе и сотрудничестве с Диккенсом, путешествиях, книгах – и одновременно рисует многоплановую картину жизни викторианской Англии. На русском языке книга публикуется впервые.