
504: No Such Thing As Captive Willy
No Such Thing As A Fish
Wilkie Collins, Dickens, and the Falling Out
In this chapter, they discuss the falling out between Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, which was caused by Dickens's daughter marrying Collins' brother. Collins criticized Dickens's books, calling them weak and badly written. They also talk about Collins being asked to finish some of Dickens's unfinished works after his death and the strange similarities in appearance between Dickens's daughter and Collins' brother.
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