For 10 points, identify this friend of Charles Dickens and creator of Sergeant Cuff, the author of The Woman in White who pioneered of the English detective story in The Moonstone.
Swinburne, among others, ridiculed his later works, such as The Law and the Lady and The New Magdalen, which were written to address social ills. While he did write historical novels like Antonina, more popular were sensational works like Basil, No Name, and Armadale. One of his more famous works is narrated by Gabriel Betteredge and ends with the discovery that Franklin Blake was drugged and that Godfrey Ablewhite took the exotic treasure. For 10 points, identify this friend of Charles Dickens and creator of Sergeant Cuff, the author of The Woman in White who pioneered of the English detective story in The Moonstone.
Swinburne, among others, ridiculed his later works, such as The Law and the Lady and The New Magdalen, which were written to address social ills.
William Wilkie {Collins}