A character created by this author frequently whistles "The Last Rose of Summer" to himself and is assisted by a boy with bulging eyes nicknamed "Gooseberry." An actress in a novel by this author eventually marries Captain Ki
A character created by this author frequently whistles "The Last Rose of Summer" to himself and is assisted by a boy with bulging eyes nicknamed "Gooseberry." An actress in a novel by this author eventually marries Captain Kirke after wooing Frank Clare and discovering that her will was invalidated when her father died in a train crash. Another character in a novel by him catches typhus while lying on a roof in the rain to overhear the plot of (*) Percival, who intends to pay his debt using money gained from a marriage to her half-sister Laura Fairlie. This author of No Name wrote a novel in which Sergeant Cuff attempts to find the title object, which is stolen from Rachel Verinder by Godfrey Ablewhite. For 10 points, name this author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone.
A character created by this author frequently whistles "The Last Rose of Summer" to himself and is assisted by a boy with bulging eyes nicknamed "Gooseberry."
William Wilkie Collins