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The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

Start date: September 1, 2018

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Nov 25, 2012 Anna Kļaviņa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, rakstnieks, mystery-thriller, read-in-2013, british-irish, made-into-a-film, historical-fiction, romance-f-m, 1001books

My Vintage copy (ISBN: 9780099511243) have some typing/printing errors. Also Vintage doesn't have comments and introduction I much better prefer the Penguin Classics.
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Jun 18, 2015 GONZA rated it really liked it

There is something between me and the Victorian novels that can be called love. This is my first Collins' book and I hope that there are going to be many more. The plot, the characters - the villains in particular - the description of the country.....it was like watching a long fascinating movie with twists and drama. Wonderful.

Tra me e la maggior parte dei romanzi vittoriani c'é amore a prima vista. Questo é stato il primo libro che ho letto di Collins e spero ne seguiranno molti altri. La tram ...more

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Jul 08, 2015 Alexander rated it it was ok

Not a very good book, it's okay, there was one or two moments where the book comes to life, but primarily it's six hundred pages of extremely boring chit-chat. I love Dickens, so I had high hopes for his contemporaries, alas. Reading this snooze fest makes me appreciate Charles all the more. ...more

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