Wilkie Collins

***Rían*** · 04-03-2017, 09:13 PM

Anyone read Wilkie Collins' "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White"? I really like them. Gabriel Betteredge in "The Moonstone" is definitely in my top 10 of best literary characters. Dickens really liked Collins.

***Earniel*** · 04-05-2017, 07:48 AM

I liked The Moonstone better than The Woman in White even though the latter seems the more popular. But there were too many moments my modern sensibilities were enraged by the seemingly sheer uselessness of miss Fairlie, not an endearing quality in a love intrest. I disliked almost all characters except for Marian. The fact that The Woman in White had Marian Halcombe made the whole book bearable.

I should re-read The Moonstone, though, it has been ages. But there's was a good BBC adaption of it last year.

***Rían*** · 04-08-2017, 03:30 AM

Yeah, Miss Fairlie is basically an excuse for Walter and Marian to be brave. I definitely like the Moonstone better but enjoy both.

04-03-2017, 09:13 PM	#1
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Wilkie Collins Anyone read Wilkie Collins' "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White"? I really like them. Gabriel Betteredge in "The Moonstone" is definitely in my top 10 of best literary characters. Dickens really liked Collins. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

04-08-2017, 03:30 AM	#3
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Yeah, Miss Fairlie is basically an excuse for Walter and Marian to be brave. I definitely like the Moonstone better but enjoy both. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

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04-05-2017, 07:48 AM	#2
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I liked The Moonstone better than The Woman in White even though the latter seems the more popular. But there were too many moments my modern sensibilities were enraged by the seemingly sheer uselessness of miss Fairlie, not an endearing quality in a love intrest. I disliked almost all characters except for Marian. The fact that The Woman in White had Marian Halcombe made the whole book bearable. I should re-read The Moonstone, though, it has been ages. But there's was a good BBC adaption of it last year.