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That was SO SATISFYING. My favorite part was the middle (Marian's narration) but I was not disappointed with the rest. I love that a book written in 1860, which gives so much time to make tropes stale and old, still managed to pull off so many genuine gasp-out-loud moments and startling twists.
Marian is still the best. All else is spoilery.
The moment when Hartright looks up and sees the dead Laura standing over her own tombstone!!!!
This is why my heart forever and ever belongs to pulp fiction.
So, Fosco was a villain after all. And what a delightful one. I am concerned about his white mice though! It never said what happened to them! (I now imagine Wilkie Collins getting a bazillion reader letters saying "What happened to the white mice?!") I will assume his wife got them and tended them in perpetuity.
My big regret was that we got no more of Marian's own narration. She was so much more fun than Hartright. But she still got a bunch of amazing escapades. I was even fine with the ending, as she got the last word, had praise heaped on her by all, got to live with her beloved sister, and there's nothing stopping her from adventuring in her spare time.
I feel bad for Anne Catherick, but it was genuinely satisfying that she got justice from beyond the grave, and was buried with her beloved Mrs. Fairlie.
Her mother was one hell of a memorable character. Yikes.
I can't believe I was nearly completely correct about Sir Percival's Secret! It did indeed involve bastardy and him not actually being Sir Percival and not really owning his estate. Just minus the murder.
My only real disappointment was that it mentions in passing that a certain character can turn dead humans into a stone-like substance that will preserve them forever, and this never comes up again. I want my human corpse statues!
Which Wilkie Collins book shall I read next?
Do any of them have good audio versions?
Are there any good filmed adaptations of The Woman in White?
The Woman in White (Penguin Classics)
Marian is still the best. All else is spoilery.
The moment when Hartright looks up and sees the dead Laura standing over her own tombstone!!!!
This is why my heart forever and ever belongs to pulp fiction.
So, Fosco was a villain after all. And what a delightful one. I am concerned about his white mice though! It never said what happened to them! (I now imagine Wilkie Collins getting a bazillion reader letters saying "What happened to the white mice?!") I will assume his wife got them and tended them in perpetuity.
My big regret was that we got no more of Marian's own narration. She was so much more fun than Hartright. But she still got a bunch of amazing escapades. I was even fine with the ending, as she got the last word, had praise heaped on her by all, got to live with her beloved sister, and there's nothing stopping her from adventuring in her spare time.
I feel bad for Anne Catherick, but it was genuinely satisfying that she got justice from beyond the grave, and was buried with her beloved Mrs. Fairlie.
Her mother was one hell of a memorable character. Yikes.
I can't believe I was nearly completely correct about Sir Percival's Secret! It did indeed involve bastardy and him not actually being Sir Percival and not really owning his estate. Just minus the murder.
My only real disappointment was that it mentions in passing that a certain character can turn dead humans into a stone-like substance that will preserve them forever, and this never comes up again. I want my human corpse statues!
Which Wilkie Collins book shall I read next?
Do any of them have good audio versions?
Are there any good filmed adaptations of The Woman in White?
The Woman in White (Penguin Classics)
