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The Evil Genius is a novel by Wilkie Collins published in 1886, dedicated to William Holman Hunt, treating the related themes of divorce and child-custody. The story was ahead of its time in presenting both the wife and the mistress of an adulterous husband in a sympathetic light... Read Full Overview

La reina del mal es una novela victoriana del escritor ingl s Wilkie Collins, publicada en 1886. La novela se adelanta a su poca, tratando temas tan modernos como el divorcio y la tenencia de los hijos. La reina del mal nos introduce en un tri ngulo amoroso: la esposa, la amante... Read Full Overview

"In one respect, me are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears."

The Evil Genius is Wilkie Collins's novel about marital complications, adultery, divorce and child-custody. Herbert Linley engages in an illicit romantic relationship with his daughter's governess, Sydney... Read Full Overview

Wilkie Collins is best known for his great mystery The Moonstoneand The Woman in White--and for a life as sensational as are those novels. (The writer who famously advised other novelists to 'make 'em laugh, make 'em cry, make 'em wait' is now known to have kept entire households... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story

Kitty is the child of Herbert and Catherine Linley, a spoiled, coddled little girl who is at the same time, in the tradition of all Victorian children, adorable. The Evil Genius begins with the story of the Kitty's ill-fated governess Sydney Westerfield, a... Read Full Overview

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The Evil Genius, one of Wilkie Collins' last works, is subtitled "A Domestic Scene." It is the intriguing tale of family Linley, including the "evil genius," and their governess Sydney Westerfield. In colorful pictures, Collins presents the story of this family, which becomes... Read Full Overview

"In one respect, men are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears."

Paired with Blackstone's and Skyboat Media's production of Wilkie Collins's The Evil Genius, Skyboat Media presents the dramatic adaptation of the novel, also by Wilkie Collins. Although... Read Full Overview

"In one respect, men are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears."

Paired with Blackstone's and Skyboat Media's production of Wilkie Collins's The Evil Genius, Skyboat Media presents the dramatic adaptation of the novel, also by Wilkie Collins. Although... Read Full Overview

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known for The Woman in White (1859) and The Moonstone (1868). The last has been called the first modern English detective novel. Born to a London painter, William Collins, and his... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible

Reproduction of the original: The Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins

Reproduction of the original: The Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins

The Evil Genius is a novel written by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1886. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Rosamond Frankland, who is forced to marry a man she despises in order to save her family's financial situation. Her husband, Geoffrey Delamayn,... Read Full Overview

""The Evil Genius"" is a thrilling novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1886. The story follows the life of a young man named Sydney Westerfield, who is wrongly accused of murder and sent to prison for 20 years. After his release, he sets out to clear his name and find... Read Full Overview