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Wilkie Collins, an Uncommon card
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White, a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone, which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Wilkie Collins quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wilkie Collins card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He worked initially as a tea ______.
Answer
merchant. He worked initially as a tea merchant. From the Wilkie Collins article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
After Antonina, his first novel, was published in ____, Collins met Charles Dickens, who became his friend and mentor.
Answer
1850s. After Antonina, his first novel, was published in 1850, Collins met Charles Dickens, who became his friend and mentor. From the Wilkie Collins article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Dominique Strauss-Kahn 80 · Connor Price 77 · Bob Marley and the Wailers 73 · Wilkie Collins 70 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Born to the London painter William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes, he moved with them to Italy when he was twelve, living there and in France for two years, learning both Italian and French.
- He worked initially as a tea merchant.
- After Antonina, his first novel, was published in 1850, Collins met Charles Dickens, who became his friend and mentor.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wilkie Collins article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Wilkie Collins
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- Bob Marley and the WailersUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 64
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wilkie Collins (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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