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'The Moonstone' is also a terrific read if you are interested.Bookworm2011 wrote:I just finished reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. I found the book intriguing. I found that this he did a good job building up the mystery behind the characters. I enjoy how the book is written in the views of many characters and that as a reader all the reasons behind the actions are explained. In many mystery books I feel like I am left with questions still but with this book I found that everything was answered. I would definitely recommend this book.
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Another one of Collins that was good was the one about the blind guy and his wife who were broke, living with relatives, and his wife talked him into writing his experiences as some kind of a traveling salesman into a book. wish I could remember the name of it, I read it about 40 years ago and I remember I really liked it. Please help me on this one if you can, I would like to find a copy of it.Fran wrote:'The Moonstone' is also a terrific read if you are interested.Bookworm2011 wrote:I just finished reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. I found the book intriguing. I found that this he did a good job building up the mystery behind the characters. I enjoy how the book is written in the views of many characters and that as a reader all the reasons behind the actions are explained. In many mystery books I feel like I am left with questions still but with this book I found that everything was answered. I would definitely recommend this book.
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i really dont come under this category, sorry.
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Wilkie Collins suffered with severe eye problems all his life so it was probably natural that blindness featured in his writings. He wrote three stories which featured a blind protagonist but none of them seem to match up with your synopsis. As Fran said, "The Moonstone" is great and it was the forerunner of the modern detective story.Bighuey wrote:Another one of Collins that was good was the one about the blind guy and his wife who were broke, living with relatives, and his wife talked him into writing his experiences as some kind of a traveling salesman into a book. wish I could remember the name of it, I read it about 40 years ago and I remember I really liked it. Please help me on this one if you can, I would like to find a copy of it.
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I found the Collins book that I mentioned on the internet. Should have thought of that before. Its called After Dark and its a collection of stories that are more or less connected, The guy was some kind of a traveling salesman before he lost his sight and had a lot of strange experences. His wife talks him into putting them into book form and as I remember, he becomes a very succesful writer. It could be about Collins own life. I found it in ebook, I think Ill start reading it next.Maud Fitch wrote:Wilkie Collins suffered with severe eye problems all his life so it was probably natural that blindness featured in his writings. He wrote three stories which featured a blind protagonist but none of them seem to match up with your synopsis. As Fran said, "The Moonstone" is great and it was the forerunner of the modern detective story.Bighuey wrote:Another one of Collins that was good was the one about the blind guy and his wife who were broke, living with relatives, and his wife talked him into writing his experiences as some kind of a traveling salesman into a book. wish I could remember the name of it, I read it about 40 years ago and I remember I really liked it. Please help me on this one if you can, I would like to find a copy of it.
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I must look for that one ... his books are out of copyright so you can download them for free for the Kindle.Bighuey wrote:I found the Collins book that I mentioned on the internet. Should have thought of that before. Its called After Dark and its a collection of stories that are more or less connected, The guy was some kind of a traveling salesman before he lost his sight and had a lot of strange experences. His wife talks him into putting them into book form and as I remember, he becomes a very succesful writer. It could be about Collins own life. I found it in ebook, I think Ill start reading it next.Maud Fitch wrote:Wilkie Collins suffered with severe eye problems all his life so it was probably natural that blindness featured in his writings. He wrote three stories which featured a blind protagonist but none of them seem to match up with your synopsis. As Fran said, "The Moonstone" is great and it was the forerunner of the modern detective story.Bighuey wrote:Another one of Collins that was good was the one about the blind guy and his wife who were broke, living with relatives, and his wife talked him into writing his experiences as some kind of a traveling salesman into a book. wish I could remember the name of it, I read it about 40 years ago and I remember I really liked it. Please help me on this one if you can, I would like to find a copy of it.
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classical books are beyond awesome.
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For that matter, you can get most of the notable works of Russia's literary golden age for under $10 on Amazon.
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I would have to recommend Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. It is nothing near what Hollywood has turned it into. It is intelligent and the languange she uses is brilliant. The monster's story is much more complex than the movie's would have you believe. Mary Shelly came up with the idea after a spending a holiday in which Lord Byron challenged her and the others who were with them to create a ghost story. Instead of going the usual spirit route she comes up with a scientist trying to reanimate the dead. Brilliant! I highly recommend it.
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