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Available at LibriVox. What a splendid book, I prefer it compared with The Woman in White.
An early mystery...I really struggled getting into it.
Good classic mystery!!
I never expected to have so much fun with this book as I had. Great fun! It deserves a better review than just a note, and I might still write it when I have more time and inspiration. For now I just wanted to mention that the character Gabriel Betteredge will have his name on my personal pantheon of memorable characters. I am looking forward to reading more Wilkie Collins, I think The Woman in White will be next.
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What a strange book...
I started with an open mind... read a little and thought of ending my relationship with it... I carried on and actually started to enjoy it ... quite a bit actually... and then - all of a sudden - I started to dislike it again.... yet I finished it and have to say that it really was no more than simply OK.
I'm struggling to give it a decent review... it was simply too full of stuff and nonesense... yet at the same time was a little intriguing... but still not quite enough to ...more
I started with an open mind... read a little and thought of ending my relationship with it... I carried on and actually started to enjoy it ... quite a bit actually... and then - all of a sudden - I started to dislike it again.... yet I finished it and have to say that it really was no more than simply OK.
I'm struggling to give it a decent review... it was simply too full of stuff and nonesense... yet at the same time was a little intriguing... but still not quite enough to ...more
Yakety-yak! But it was the accepted fashion in Collins' time to go on and on when writing a novel. Collins does it well, but I nearly gave up until the story sped up about half-way through. It was very much worth sticking to it.
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Reading The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone This is my Book Club choice for September. I'm cheating and using Schmoop for Chapter Synopsis as I read along, and skip through it. I already know the thief (Wikipedia), but I find that helps me read along and catch the clues. But there aren't any that I can find. Not a good choice for a summer read, especially if vacation is Wildwood Jersey Shore. My next stop is one of the Victorian Groups in Goodreads, just so I can understand why reade
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Pretty good mystery book, given when it was written. The story engaged me throughout, though the pace was a bit too slow for my taste.
An interesting, well-told mystery from the friend of Dickens. In fact, I believe the first English detective novel. Collins weaves a wonderful tale.
Takes a while to get into, but the greatest fun is where the plot intersects with the modern world (like Miss Clack and her Christian pamphlets).
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Mar 19, 2009
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