Mariaconcetta Costantini is professor of English literature at G. d¿Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara. She has published monographs, articles and books chapters on Victorian literature and culture. Her publications include the book Venturing into Unknown Waters: Wilkie Collins and the Challenge of Modernity (2008) and the edited collection Armadale: Wilkie Collins and the Dark Threads of Life (2009).