Quote#Books & Reading
"A very remarkable work... in the present state of light literature…
Quote byWilkie Collins · 1824–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Works of Wilkie Collins: The Black Robe [P.F. Collier, 1900] (p. 328).
English (original)
"A very remarkable work... in the present state of light literature in England, a novel that actually tells a story. It 's quite incredible, I know. Try the book. It has another extraordinary merit, it isn't written by a woman."
— Wilkie Collins
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