Collins, Wilkie 1824-1889
Overview
| Works: | 3,290 works in 10,813 publications in 19 languages and 158,308 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Psychological fiction History Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc Detective and mystery fiction Domestic fiction Detective and mystery stories, English Suspense fiction Historical fiction |
| Roles: | Author, Attributed name, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Editor, Printer, Other, Publisher, Honoree, Contributor, Author of introduction |
| Classifications: | PR4494, 823.8 |
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Most widely held works about
Wilkie Collins
- Wilkie Collins : a biography by Lyn Pykett( Book )
- Wilkie Collins by William Harvey Marshall( Book )
- The king of inventors : a life of Wilkie Collins by Catherine Peters( Book )
- Dickens, Reade, and Collins: sensation novelists; a study in the conditions and theories of novel writing in Victorian England by Walter Clarke Phillips( Book )
- Victorian masters of mystery : from Wilkie Collins to Conan Doyle by Audrey Peterson( Book )
- Wilkie Collins : the critical heritage by Norman Page( Book )
- Wilkie Collins by Peter Ackroyd( Book )
- Wilkie Collins by Lillian Nayder( Book )
- The novel and the police by D. A Miller( Book )
- The detective and Mr. Dickens : being an account of the Macbeth murders and the strange events surrounding them : a secret Victorian journal, attributed to Wilkie Collins by William J Palmer( Book )
- The Cambridge companion to Wilkie Collins by Jenny Bourne Taylor( Book )
- Dead secrets : Wilkie Collins and the female gothic by Tamar Heller( Book )
- Wilkie Collins by Robert Paul Ashley( Book )
- The secret life of Wilkie Collins by William M Clarke( Book )
- Unequal partners : Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Victorian authorship by Lillian Nayder( Book )
- Eavesdropping in the novel from Austen to Proust by Ann Elizabeth Gaylin( Book )
- A rogue's life by Wilkie Collins( Book )
- Wilkie Collins, medicine, and the gothic by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas( Book )
- Wilkie Collins's library : a reconstruction by William Baker( Book )
- Wilkie Collins interdisciplinary essays by Andrew Mangham( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone by
Wilkie Collins(
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874 editions published between 1799 and 2015 in 14 languages and held by 10,285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A wonderful yellow diamond stolen from the forehead of the four-handed Indian god who typifies the moon, stolen again and again through centuries, and always bringing with it disaster upon its possessors and the households of its possessors."--This is the beginning of the detective story called 'The moonstone."
874 editions published between 1799 and 2015 in 14 languages and held by 10,285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A wonderful yellow diamond stolen from the forehead of the four-handed Indian god who typifies the moon, stolen again and again through centuries, and always bringing with it disaster upon its possessors and the households of its possessors."--This is the beginning of the detective story called 'The moonstone."
No name by
Wilkie Collins(
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182 editions published between 1862 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,938 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Magdalen Vanstone and her sister Norah learn the true meaning of social stigma in Victorian England only after the traumatic discovery that their dearly loved parents, whose sudden deaths have left them orphans, were not married at the time of their birth. Disinherited by law and brutally ousted from Combe-Raven, the idyllic country estate which has been their peaceful home since childhood, the two young women are left to fend for themselves. While the submissive Norah follows a path of duty and hardship as a governess, her high-spirited and rebellious younger sister has made other decisions. Determined to regain her rightful inheritance at any cost, Magdalen uses her unconventional beauty and dramatic talent in recklessly pursuing her revenge. Aided by the audacious swindler Captain Wragge, she braves a series of trials leading up to the climactic test: can she trade herself in marriage to the man she loathes?" "Written in the early 1860s, between The Woman in White and The Moonstone, No Name was rejected as immoral by critics of its time, but is today regarded as a novel of outstanding social insight, showing Collins at the height of his powers."--Jacket
182 editions published between 1862 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,938 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Magdalen Vanstone and her sister Norah learn the true meaning of social stigma in Victorian England only after the traumatic discovery that their dearly loved parents, whose sudden deaths have left them orphans, were not married at the time of their birth. Disinherited by law and brutally ousted from Combe-Raven, the idyllic country estate which has been their peaceful home since childhood, the two young women are left to fend for themselves. While the submissive Norah follows a path of duty and hardship as a governess, her high-spirited and rebellious younger sister has made other decisions. Determined to regain her rightful inheritance at any cost, Magdalen uses her unconventional beauty and dramatic talent in recklessly pursuing her revenge. Aided by the audacious swindler Captain Wragge, she braves a series of trials leading up to the climactic test: can she trade herself in marriage to the man she loathes?" "Written in the early 1860s, between The Woman in White and The Moonstone, No Name was rejected as immoral by critics of its time, but is today regarded as a novel of outstanding social insight, showing Collins at the height of his powers."--Jacket
The woman in white by
Wilkie Collins(
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98 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in English and German and held by 1,894 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Donated by the estate of Dr. Donald S. Moore
98 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in English and German and held by 1,894 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Donated by the estate of Dr. Donald S. Moore
The woman in white by
Wilkie Collins(
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136 editions published between 1859 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,872 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Considered to be one of the first mystery novels, "The Woman in White" was a huge commercial success when it was first published in 1860. The story is told from the point of view of multiple narrators, no doubt the influence of Collin's legal training. The plot also explores the disadvantageous position of married women in nineteenth century. The Observer listed "The Woman in White" in the top 100 novels of all time. A read not to be missed by mystery lovers or avid reader. -- Amazon
136 editions published between 1859 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,872 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Considered to be one of the first mystery novels, "The Woman in White" was a huge commercial success when it was first published in 1860. The story is told from the point of view of multiple narrators, no doubt the influence of Collin's legal training. The plot also explores the disadvantageous position of married women in nineteenth century. The Observer listed "The Woman in White" in the top 100 novels of all time. A read not to be missed by mystery lovers or avid reader. -- Amazon
Armadale by
Wilkie Collins(
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190 editions published between 1866 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,550 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret her reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Swilt: flame-haired temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner. Her malicious intrigues fuel the plot of this gripping melodrama: a tale of confused identities, inherited curses, romantic rivalries, espionage, money--and murder. The character of Lydia Gwilt horrified contemporary critics, with one reviewer describing her as 'one of the most hardened female villains whose devices and desires have ever blackened fiction'. She remains among the most enigmatic and fascinating women in nineteenth-century literature and the dark heart of htis most sensational of Victorian 'sensation novels'."--Back cover
190 editions published between 1866 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,550 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret her reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Swilt: flame-haired temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner. Her malicious intrigues fuel the plot of this gripping melodrama: a tale of confused identities, inherited curses, romantic rivalries, espionage, money--and murder. The character of Lydia Gwilt horrified contemporary critics, with one reviewer describing her as 'one of the most hardened female villains whose devices and desires have ever blackened fiction'. She remains among the most enigmatic and fascinating women in nineteenth-century literature and the dark heart of htis most sensational of Victorian 'sensation novels'."--Back cover
The law and the lady by
Wilkie Collins(
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123 editions published between 1800 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 1,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Introducing Valeria Woodville who investigates the murder of her husband's first wife in the attempt to prove him guiltless, this book exposes the repression of Victorian domestic life and marriage
123 editions published between 1800 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 1,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Introducing Valeria Woodville who investigates the murder of her husband's first wife in the attempt to prove him guiltless, this book exposes the repression of Victorian domestic life and marriage
Man and wife by
Wilkie Collins(
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151 editions published between 1870 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 902 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
He also had three children by a younger woman, Martha Rudd, whom he kept in a separate establishment. Collins suffered from 'rheumatic gout', a form of arthritis which made him an invalid in his later years, and he became addicted to the laudanum he took to ease the pain of the illness. He died in 1889
151 editions published between 1870 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 902 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
He also had three children by a younger woman, Martha Rudd, whom he kept in a separate establishment. Collins suffered from 'rheumatic gout', a form of arthritis which made him an invalid in his later years, and he became addicted to the laudanum he took to ease the pain of the illness. He died in 1889
The haunted hotel : a mystery of modern Venice by
Wilkie Collins(
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146 editions published between 1878 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 885 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After the mysterious murder of her husband, Mrs. Ferrari receives an envelope postmarked Venice and containing a thousand pounds
146 editions published between 1878 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 885 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After the mysterious murder of her husband, Mrs. Ferrari receives an envelope postmarked Venice and containing a thousand pounds
The new Magdalen by
Wilkie Collins(
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137 editions published between 1873 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 643 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Someone capable of stating how the poor creature had met with her death ought to write to her only friend. Who was to do it? There was nobody to do it but the one witness of te catastrophe now left in the cottage - Mercy herself. She lifted the cloak from the chair on which she had placed it, and took from the pocket the leather letter-case which Grace had shown to her. Mercy opened the case - and stopped, feeling a strange reluctance to carry the investigation and farther. If she respected the case as inviolable, the Germans would certainly not hesitate to examine it, and the Germans would hardly trouble themselves to write to England. Mercy's hesitation left her. She emptied the contents of the case on the table. That trifling action decided the whole future course of her life
137 editions published between 1873 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 643 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Someone capable of stating how the poor creature had met with her death ought to write to her only friend. Who was to do it? There was nobody to do it but the one witness of te catastrophe now left in the cottage - Mercy herself. She lifted the cloak from the chair on which she had placed it, and took from the pocket the leather letter-case which Grace had shown to her. Mercy opened the case - and stopped, feeling a strange reluctance to carry the investigation and farther. If she respected the case as inviolable, the Germans would certainly not hesitate to examine it, and the Germans would hardly trouble themselves to write to England. Mercy's hesitation left her. She emptied the contents of the case on the table. That trifling action decided the whole future course of her life
The evil genius by
Wilkie Collins(
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88 editions published between 1885 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 566 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Sydney Westerfield's mother remarries she leaves her daughter in a school in London. The life there is pale and without joy. In secret, Sydney advertizes for a position as a governess and gets a reply from a compassionate family in Scotland. But will she betray her benefactors with her own secret agenga of needs and desires
88 editions published between 1885 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 566 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Sydney Westerfield's mother remarries she leaves her daughter in a school in London. The life there is pale and without joy. In secret, Sydney advertizes for a position as a governess and gets a reply from a compassionate family in Scotland. But will she betray her benefactors with her own secret agenga of needs and desires
The black robe by
Wilkie Collins(
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85 editions published between 1748 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A epistolary novel that covers the mis-adventures of Lewis Romayne's life. The book is also perceived as perpetuation anti-Catholic bias"--Provided by publisher
85 editions published between 1748 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A epistolary novel that covers the mis-adventures of Lewis Romayne's life. The book is also perceived as perpetuation anti-Catholic bias"--Provided by publisher
The queen of hearts by
Wilkie Collins(
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98 editions published between 1859 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1860), The Moonstone (1868), Armadale (1866) and No Name (1862). His works were classified at the time as 'sensation novels', a genre seen nowadays as the precursor to detective fiction and suspense fiction. He also wrote penetratingly on the plight of women and on the social and domestic issues o
98 editions published between 1859 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1860), The Moonstone (1868), Armadale (1866) and No Name (1862). His works were classified at the time as 'sensation novels', a genre seen nowadays as the precursor to detective fiction and suspense fiction. He also wrote penetratingly on the plight of women and on the social and domestic issues o
A rogue's life by
Wilkie Collins(
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87 editions published between 1879 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Charming and intelligent but somewhat lacking in the purpose and dedication departments, protagonist Frank Softly just can't seem to find a profession that suits him, much to the chagrin of his family. Still, his journey to find himself is full of entertaining adventures and misadventures
87 editions published between 1879 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Charming and intelligent but somewhat lacking in the purpose and dedication departments, protagonist Frank Softly just can't seem to find a profession that suits him, much to the chagrin of his family. Still, his journey to find himself is full of entertaining adventures and misadventures
Little novels by
Wilkie Collins(
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27 editions published between 1887 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 339 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Not in the obscurity of midnight, but in the searching light of day, did the supernatural influence assert itself. Neither revealed by a vision, nor announced by a voice, it reached mortal knowledge through the sense which is least easily self-deceived: the sense that feels
27 editions published between 1887 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 339 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Not in the obscurity of midnight, but in the searching light of day, did the supernatural influence assert itself. Neither revealed by a vision, nor announced by a voice, it reached mortal knowledge through the sense which is least easily self-deceived: the sense that feels
The two destinies. A novel by
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98 editions published between 1875 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this late romantic novel, the author explores the powers of telepathy while telling a skillful tale that interweaves suspense with the familiar ingredients of Victorian melodrama
98 editions published between 1875 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this late romantic novel, the author explores the powers of telepathy while telling a skillful tale that interweaves suspense with the familiar ingredients of Victorian melodrama
The legacy of Cain by
Wilkie Collins(
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75 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in English and German and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Are our morals imbued in us through teaching and example, or do we come into this world with our personality and values written in our genes? The Legacy of Cain is novelist Wilkie Collins' engrossing take on the age-old nature-or-nurture question. When a woman sentenced to death begs a man of the cloth to care for her soon-to-be-orphaned child, the situation presents itself as a profound conundrum: is the offspring inevitably doomed to repeat the sins and transgressions of its ancestors, or is there a chance for redemption?
75 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in English and German and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Are our morals imbued in us through teaching and example, or do we come into this world with our personality and values written in our genes? The Legacy of Cain is novelist Wilkie Collins' engrossing take on the age-old nature-or-nurture question. When a woman sentenced to death begs a man of the cloth to care for her soon-to-be-orphaned child, the situation presents itself as a profound conundrum: is the offspring inevitably doomed to repeat the sins and transgressions of its ancestors, or is there a chance for redemption?
The frozen deep by
Wilkie Collins(
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54 editions published between 1857 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Frozen Deep is an 1856 play co-written by Charles Dickens. It revolves around the conflicting accounts of Dickens and John Rae regarding the vanishing of the Franklin expedition, a British voyage of Artic exploration that set out in search of the Northwest Passage"--Provided by publisher
54 editions published between 1857 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Frozen Deep is an 1856 play co-written by Charles Dickens. It revolves around the conflicting accounts of Dickens and John Rae regarding the vanishing of the Franklin expedition, a British voyage of Artic exploration that set out in search of the Northwest Passage"--Provided by publisher
"I say no"; or, The love-letter answered, and other stories by
Wilkie Collins(
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65 editions published between 1873 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the mood for a tightly plotted whodunit? Check out I Say No from Wilkie Collins, an author recognized as one of the most important figures in the development of the detective fiction genre. A unlikely heroine takes on the role of detective and uncovers the truth about her family's troubled history
65 editions published between 1873 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the mood for a tightly plotted whodunit? Check out I Say No from Wilkie Collins, an author recognized as one of the most important figures in the development of the detective fiction genre. A unlikely heroine takes on the role of detective and uncovers the truth about her family's troubled history
Miss or Mrs? and other stories in outline by
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81 editions published between 1872 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wilkie Collins was an enormously popular writer in his day, and often garnered comparisons to his contemporary rival, Charles Dickens. Like Dickens, Collins wrote a number of serialized Christmas-themed stories for popular magazines. In Miss or Mrs?, a secret marriage results in a series of unintended consequences
81 editions published between 1872 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wilkie Collins was an enormously popular writer in his day, and often garnered comparisons to his contemporary rival, Charles Dickens. Like Dickens, Collins wrote a number of serialized Christmas-themed stories for popular magazines. In Miss or Mrs?, a secret marriage results in a series of unintended consequences
After dark by
Haruki Murakami(
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88 editions published between 1856 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first collection of early detective fiction master Wilkie Collins' short stories
88 editions published between 1856 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first collection of early detective fiction master Wilkie Collins' short stories
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Related Identities
- Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Author Editor
- Sutherland, John 1938- Contributor Editor
- Page, Norman Author of introduction Author Editor Commentator for written text
- Peters, Catherine 1930- Author of introduction Author Editor
- Pykett, Lyn Author Editor
- Taylor, Jenny Bourne 1949- Author Editor
- Austen, Jane 1775-1817
- Proust, Marcel 1871-1922
- Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850
- Gaylin, Ann Elizabeth Author
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Art teachers Authors, English Barchester Towers (Trollope, Anthony) Bleak House (Dickens, Charles) Collins, Wilkie, Country homes Deception Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories, English Diamonds Dickens, Charles, Disinheritance Doyle, Arthur Conan, East Indians England English fiction Fate and fatalism Fathers and sons Great Britain Holmes, Sherlock Horror tales, English Illegitimacy India Inheritance and succession Italy--Venice Japan--Tokyo Jewelry theft Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, Literature and society Literature publishing Manners and customs Married women Men Models (Persons) Mystery of Edwin Drood (Dickens, Charles) Nobility Novelists, English Orphans Police Police in literature Political and social views Psychiatric hospital patients Psychological fiction, English Reade, Charles, Sensationalism in literature Sisters Social control in literature Students Women and literature Young women
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Kollinis, Williyam Wilkiy 1824-1889
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Вілкі Коллінз
Колинз, Уильки 1824-1889
Коллинз В. 1824-1889
Коллинз, Вилки
Коллинз У. 1824-1889
Коллинз У. У. 1824-1889
Коллинз, Уилки 1824-1889
Коллэнз У. 1824-1889
Коллэнс У. 1824-1889
Уилки Колинс
Уилки Коллинз английский писатель и драматург
Уильям Уилки Коллинз
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וילקי קולינס
קולינז, וילקי
קולינס, וילקי 1824-1889
كولنس، ويلكى
ويلكى كولينز، 1824-1889
ويلكي كولينز
ویلکی کالینز نویسنده بریتانیایی
विल्कि कलिन्स
უილკი კოლინსი
콜린스, 윌리엄 윌키 1824-1889
콜린스, 윌키 1824-1889
콜린즈, 윌리엄 윌키 1824-1889
콜린즈, 윌키 1824-1889
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ウィルキー・コリンズ
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コリンズ, W
コリンズ, ウィリアム・ウィルキー
コリンズ, ウィルキー
コリンズ, ウィルキィ
コリンス, ウイルキイ
威爾基·柯林斯
柯林斯, 威尓基
柯林斯威尔基 1824-1889
胡林斯, 維児機
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