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How could I have forgotten Miss Clack and her tracts? Wilkie Collins had a really wicked sense of humor. Talk about sending up religious "types." Genius.
— Sep 18, 2016 02:50PM
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Darn it ... that previous update was actually for Middlemarch. Too much Easter jolliment yesterday, obviously, for me to keep track of which book I'm updating. :-D
— Apr 01, 2013 06:27AM
Julie Davis
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Elderly men have died or are very ill ... and this opens the door for possibility in several characters' cases. Interesting how much this gentle story keeps me engaged.
— Apr 01, 2013 06:26AM
Julie Davis
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Why has no one ever told me this book is so funny? Now we've gone to an elderly cousin telling the story and I have actually laughed out loud a couple of times.
— Mar 28, 2013 03:13PM
Julie Davis
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I couldn 't possibly love an unreliable narrator more than I do Gabriel. Or the way that Inspector Stubb interacts with him. I am wondering though if it is possible that my suspicions are correct about the thief. I am just loving B.J. Harrison's reading. It is delightful.
— Mar 22, 2013 09:10AM
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I had known about Wilkie Collins for a long time but he had that stigma (for me) of having written "classics" and "the first detective novel." Which just killed any interest I'd ever have had because classics and "first ever" books are musty, boring, and stale, right? Of course not, but I still have a hard time shaking that idea. It took B.J. Harrison's brilliant narration to hook me. The ending was of its time, but I was on tenterhooks as each item was revealed.
I enjoyed the Moonstone, especially the narrator of the first large section. The ending wasn't one you could get away with today, but I read it thinking of the historical context.