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Author: Wilkie Collins
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Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Author: Wilkie Collins
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Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Author: William Wilkie Collins
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Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Author: Wilkie Collins
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Languages : en
Pages : 512
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The story is told by a Frenchwoman called Madame Pratolungo, the widow of a South American political activist, who has just arrived in the village of Dimchurch in England to take up a position as companion to Lucilla Finch. Lucilla has been blind since she was a child and her blindness has led to a strange phenomenon - she has developed an irrational fear of darkness and dark colours. Even knowing that someone is wearing a dark purple dress, for example, sends her into a panic. Oscar Dubourg and his twin brother Nugent are newcomers to Dimchurch. Soon after their arrival, Oscar suffers a fit and learns that he has epilepsy. In the 19th century a common cure for epilepsy was to take nitrate of silver. Unfortunately, a side effect of nitrate of silver consumption is that the skin turns blue. When Oscar and Lucilla fall in love, Oscar feels secure in the knowledge that Lucilla will never be able to see him and need never be told that his face is dark blue. However, when Nugent introduces them to the German oculist Herr Grosse, it appears that there could still be hope for Lucilla after all. This book handles the topic of blindness in a sensitive and intriguing way. It's obvious that Collins had done a lot of research into the subject and the results are fascinating. He discusses the theory that when a person is blind their other senses improve to compensate for their lack of sight and he weighs up the advantages and disadvantages there would be if this person then regained their sight. I had never even thought about some of the aspects of blindness that are mentioned in the book. For example, there's an interesting moment when Madame Pratolungo realises why Lucilla shows little regard for normal Victorian conventions and proprieties. It meant that here was one strange side shown to me of the terrible affliction that darkened her life. It meant that modesty is essentially the growth of our own consciousness of the eyes of others judging us - and that blindness is never bashful, for the one simple reason that blindness cannot see. The characters, as usual, are wonderful - most of them anyway. I didn't find Lucilla very likeable (she has a tendency to throw foot-stamping tantrums when she doesn't get her own way) but I loved Madame Pratolungo - she was such an amusing and engaging narrator! I cast all feminine restraints to the winds. I sat down with my legs anyhow, like a man. I rammed my hands into the pockets of my dressing-gown. Did I cry? A word in your ear - and let it go no farther. I swore. We also meet Reverend Finch, Lucilla's father, who chooses to recite Hamlet at the most inappropriate moments, and his wife, Mrs Finch, who is 'never completely dressed; never completely dry; always with a baby in one hand and a novel in the other'. With Lucilla's little half-sister Jicks', Collins even makes a three year old girl into an unusual and memorable character: This amazing apparition advanced into the middle of the room, holding hugged under one arm a ragged and disreputable-looking doll; stared hard, first at Oscar, then at me; advanced to my knees; laid the disreputable doll on my lap; and, pointing to a vacant chair at my side, claimed the rights of hospitality in these words: "Jicks will sit down." Although I thought parts of the plot felt contrived, the story did become very gripping towards the end. This was an interesting and thought provoking read, and if you have enjoyed any other Wilkie Collins books, then I suspect you might enjoy this one too.
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734021308
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381
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Reproduction of the original: Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: New York : Scribner's
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Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Author: Wilkie Collins
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Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427060290
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Rogue's Life" by Wilkie Collins. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427061637
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Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Author: Au Wilkie Collins
Publisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781345964387
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Languages : en
Pages : 582
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
