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Any reader wanting more detail on the life of Collins will find that amply catered for elsewhere. A longer narrative might have enabled Ackroyd to breathe a little more personality into this portrait in words, but that is often easier said than done, especially in the case of many a Victorian writer. Nevertheless, like this author’s other ‘brief lives’, this proves a perfectly adequate introduction for the general reader.

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