Wilkie Collins

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Referenced multiple times as a comparison to the Maria Halpin scandal, noting parallels with the plot involving a woman locked in a lunatic asylum and a grotesquely fat villain (Count Fosco), similar to the allegations against Cleveland.

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Mentioned alongside The Woman in White as an example of Victorian sensation fiction that the Maria Halpin scandal resembles.

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Referenced in discussion of early detective fiction, featuring Sergeant Cuff and themes of India