(Original Review, 1981-01-25)Beauty is completely subjective, and in Victorian times when this novel was written, the ideal of beauty was extremely different to what we would consider attractive now. Blond, blue eyed, curly hair and very pale was considered lovely. Women went to incredible lengths t...
I thought this was a decent mystery. During the time it was written, I'm sure it was top notch. I did get bored at times though. In the beginning, when Walter is first approached by the woman in white, I about keeled over. That bit was pretty creepy.
Original Publication Year: 1860 Genre(s): Fiction, Gothic Mystery Series: NA Awards: None Format: Audio Narrated by: Ian Holm There are two sisters (half-sisters really), one is beautiful, sweet and rich and the other is ugly, smart and poor. They are devoted to each other and they are mostly on ...
This is a strange little book. It is the story of a poor Reverend in a small English town who causes a scandal when a spoiled Countess moves into his house. The book is more like a collection of incidents than a cohesive story, especially in the beginning.I didn't enjoy this book as much as I enjoye...
I've long heard Wilkie Collin's Victorian classics The Woman in White and The Moonstone cited as the grandfather of the modern thriller and detective novel respectively. The introduction states that "The Woman in White assembles a dubious aristocrat, an obese Italian count with a passion for white m...
An interesting and amusing zip through the Victorian age, although to be honest Sweet was preaching to the converted in my case. There are some occasional thought-provoking passages, like the chapter that points out the similarities between Dr Palmer, a Victorian murderer who is prized by the inhabi...
How do you review a literary classic? Once again I'm only reviewing as a plain reader point of view. I really liked this book. That's why I gave it four stars. Didn't give if 5 stars only because the first epoch gave me a hard time.I praise Wilkie Collins' work in this book. How he managed to write ...
The Woman in White is a gem of a novel - creepy, dense, menacing, and always intriguing. For a long time, the reader isn't quite sure what is going on, only that it isn't good - and it's to Collins' credit that when the plots are revealed, they are as interesting as anything I was supposing.The book...
This is my second Wilkie Collins, although he wrote and published this book before The Moonstone. The Woman in White is described as a Victorian “sensation” novel, and was written with many twists and turns to keep the reader guessing. It shared the same narrative technique as The Moonstone – that o...
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