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Frederick Fairlie has been frustrating from the beginning due to his narcissistic invalidity, but becomes even more frustrating because he is absolutely failing to uphold his role as protector and guardian in every respect. I can totally see how this book shocked Victorian audiences, as it’s shocking me, though perhaps for different reasons. It was kinda slow, but the climax has fascinated me. I am utterly absorbed
— Nov 11, 2025 02:25PM
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Smart idea to use Sir Percival’s secrets against him! Hartright seems to be a competent amateur detective/ adventurer. It’s a good plot hook that his time abroad gave him experience, though I’m not sure about using Marian’s dream as the means of describing his adventures.
— Nov 12, 2025 06:08AM
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Ok I now want to fight Count Fosco. The letter he sent Marian sealed the deal. It’s so fascinating because from external POVs, he’s charming and follows all social conventions, including doting on his jealous wife. Yet as Marian’s journal hints, he rules his wife completely. She doesn’t do anything without his approval and aids his efforts at obfuscation. I suppose £10,000 and spite also help motivate her
— Nov 12, 2025 06:02AM
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Right now I want to fight Frederick Fairlie (or rather slap some sense into him) and Sir Percival. I’m unsure how much I want to fight Count Fosco, which is so interesting and shows how well the narrative protects him, at least at this point in the story, from appearing as the villain I suspect him to be. For all that he is definitely the brains of the operation, I’m still unsure. Fascinating
— Nov 11, 2025 02:37PM
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Nov 11, 2025 02:32PM
I’m also listening to it as an audiobook with a narrator who was putting me to sleep before I sped it up, so that might be why I found the beginning to drag on a bit. I like the changes in narrators, particularly since they give you various perspectives of the characters. And because you can see Victorian norms in them. For example, the housekeeper who finds Count Fosco an absolute gentleman and judges Lady Glyde for being prejudiced against foreigners, shows such a good perspective of (as she herself says) a lady whose sad circumstances brought her down in station and yet maintained her sense of propriety and decency. I found her rather gullible, but still a solidly good person who stood by Marion and did as much good as her position allowed
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