Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins potrafił malować słowem przepiękne obrazy dramatów ludzkich. Okazuje się, że jego dramaty oraz powieści, których napisał kilkadziesiąt, cały czas znajdują wierne grono odbiorców. Wejdź głębiej w jego świat, z którego prędko nie wyjdziesz.


William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) był angielskim powieściopisarzem, który pisał również dramaty oraz opowiadania. Nie każdy wie, że jest prekursorem gatunku literackiego, jakim są powieści detektywistyczne. Co ciekawe, ukończył prawo, jednak całe swoje życie poświęcił na pisaniu. . Prywatnie był bliskim przyjacielem Karola Dickensa, twórcy "Opowieści wigilijnej".


Jego życie prywatne było dość dziwne, ponieważ wiele lat spędził wraz Caroline Greaves oraz jej córką. Collins nie przepadał za instytucją małżeństwa, chociaż sam określał się mianem chrześcijanina. Opiekował się córką Greaves i traktował ją jak własną. Przełomem było opuszczenie Caroline naszego bohatera, gdy miał problemy z dną moczanową, a był to czas, w którym tworzył swoje największe dzieło, jakim był "Kamień księżycowy". Wybrała młodszego mężczyznę, jednak po dwóch latach wróciła do Collinsa. Jego drugim największym dziełem była "Kobieta w bieli". W 1868 roku na jego drodze stanęła 19-letnia Martha Rudd, z którą miał tróję dzieci. Matka jego pociech mieszkała z nim, natomiast Caroline Greaves do końca życia mieszkała w pobliżu.


Poza wyżej wymienionymi dziełami Collins napisał również m.in. takie książki jak.:


  • "Córka Izebel",
  • "Mąż i żona",
  • "Bez wyjścia" z Karolem Dickensem,
  • "Tajemnica mirtowego pokoju".


Wiele jego dzieł doczekało się ekranizacji. "Kobieta w bieli" była nakręcana aż siedem razy. Pierwsza, niema wersja ukazała się w 1929 roku, natomiast ostatnia w 2018, w pięcioodcinkowym serialu. Nawet w Związku Radzieckim pojawiła się jej filmowa adaptacja, tym razem w dwóch odcinkach pod tytułem "Zhenshchina v belom".

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