…ny of you would not have any idea who wrote them. The other reason is that they are far too recent; as with Simon Dillon’s 10-year rule for films, you cannot call something a classic just a few years after it’…ny of you would not have any idea who wrote them. The other reason is that they are far too recent; as with Simon Dillon’s 10-year rule for films, you cannot call something a classic just a few years after it’s published, let alone the greatest anything. While they were both alive, Wilkie Collins was as popular as Char…