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The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
by Wilkie Collins
The sensation yarn of the 19th C. Quivering heroines 'n' moustache twirling villainy. Larks include gender subversion 'n' narrative innovation. Identity theft labourious endeavour pre digital age. A modern reimagining would be brief.
Ironically, have been on phone to passport office today. Mine's missing. Somewhere an Oompah Loompah is manoeuvring under my name.
*infiltrates factory*
Ironically, have been on phone to passport office today. Mine's missing. Somewhere an Oompah Loompah is manoeuvring under my name.
*infiltrates factory*
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How easy is this to read? It's on my to read list...
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Easy and fun. As long as you're not repelled by coincidences. Plus, there's a strong, intelligent heroine.
I have to admit, I tried to read this in high school and didn't get anywhere with it. Have you seen the musical?
One of my all time faves! I think Marian Halcombe is one of the most remarkable heroines of Victorian lit!
Elizabeth, you should re-attempt. I'm certain you'd enjoy the larkage. I haven't witnessed the musical. *adopts 'hear no evil' pose*Chandra, I agree. *nods*
Did you like The Moonstone?
Love The Moonstone!! I am an ardent Collins fan. I also very highly recommend The Lady and the Law! And for those thinking of starting or re-attempting this one I say give it a go! Collins isn't always easy to get into because he spends a great deal of time setting the scene and building characters, but once the ball gets rolling it's all worth it! My father gave me The Moonstone as a gift one year and it took me almost 10 years to get to place where I was ready to read and enjoy it. Now it's one of my favorites.
Good to know that it starts slow. I'll try it again, eventually. Hopefully it won't take me ten years!
Chandra, did you know, twas so popular in the day, there was even 'The Woman in White' perfume! *snorts*
And people say that modern times are crass about advertising... hey, they learned from history!I want to read Collins, but I haven't decided if the Moonstone or this one is the best one to start with.
Elizabeth, I had the "pleasure" of seeing the Andrew Lloyd Webber™ musical when it first opened... I saw several dozen stage productions during the time I studied in London, and this holds the distinction of being the most memorably the worst.(The upside was that my university's president and his wife were visiting the program at the time and saw it with my group, and whenever we saw her afterwards she would rave about how "fabulous" it was. We got some good laughs over it.)
-jesse
I really honestly can't imagine this in musical form - it sounds dreadul, but I didn't want to say anything!
I haven't seen it! I'm not saying it's wonderful! :-) But I did walk past the theater one time in London - I thought it a very strange idea for a musical. I ended up seeing Henry IV part 2 at the National Theater instead; much better than anything Weber has done, Jesse.
Nothing like. Her sister Laura's the most passive in pantheon. Marian's daring. Moustache twirling villiany's besotted.
I'm picturing Boris and Natasha from Rocky and Bullwinkle now, only with more flashing wit and less with the Russian accents. Did you have that cartoon over in England? Adventures of a squirrel and a moose who somehow continually thwart moustache twirlers.
Ohhhh... "Rocky and Bullwinkle!" I can do a surprisingly good imitation of the "Hey Rocky! Watch we pull a rabbit out of my hat!" bit (I can't find it on YouTube though). I LOVED that show!You'd probably like the "Fractured Fairytale" bits from the show, Rebecca. Here's "Leaping Beauty:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAAkau...
