Biographical works of the famous British novelist and philologist Peter Ackroyd invariably enjoy success with Russian readers. As for the subject of his biographical research - the writer Wilkie Collins - this author has long been part of the domestic literary picture of the world, because "Moonstone" and "Woman in White" since the 1970s served as decoration of home libraries. Ackroyd tells about the life of Wilkie Collins, his friendship and cooperation with Dickens, travels, books - and at the same time draws a multifaceted picture of the life of Victorian England. The book is published in Russian for the first time ..