Wilkie Collins
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William Wilkie Collins (1824-01-08 – 1889-09-23) was an English novelist, playwright and writer of short stories. He was a pioneer in the writing of detective fiction.
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- Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women.
- Man and Wife (1870) [Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-192-83696-X], vol. II, ch. XLI: The Sacrifice of Herself (p. 385)