I confess I have often fancied myself transformed into some other person, and have felt a certian pleasure in seeing myself in my new chracter. One o… - Wilkie Collins

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I confess I have often fancied myself transformed into some other person, and have felt a certian pleasure in seeing myself in my new chracter. One of our first amusements as children (if we have any imagination at all) is to get out of our own characters, and to try the characters of other personages as a change—to be fairies, to be queens, to be anything, in short, but what we really are.

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About Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (January 8, 1824 – September 23, 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and writer of short stories. He was a pioneer in the writing of detective fiction.

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Native Name: William Wilkie Collins
Alternative Names: William Collins
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