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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Dead Secret (1857)di Wilkie Collins
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Very Victorian - melodramatic, hyperbolic, emotional and judgmental. It all hinges, of course, on woman being a baby machine and all the restrictions that affords - do it the right way or suffer shame, degradation and ostracization. The other linchpin is class and social position - what this lets people get away with and how most members of the lower classes accepted their lots and went to great lengths to preserve the dignity and sovereignty of the upper. Sarah is the one in the latter role and boy does she go mental with her “duty” to a dead woman. Of course if she hadn’t there wouldn’t be a story and it was a fun story if not really surprising in any way. In later works, Collins creates more memorable women characters, but in this one they’re all pretty much vehicles to serve the plot. Uncles Joseph and Andrew are the most interesting in all their quirkiness and bad temper. Not all ends perfectly well, but well enough to be called a happy ending. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Classic Literature.
Fiction.
Mystery.
HTML: Rosamund Treverton has it all??an affluent lifestyle, a loving mother who dotes on her, and a seemingly bright future. But a deathbed confession from her mother makes it clear that Rosamund's past hides a dark secret. This suspenseful family mystery will keep readers entranced until the very last page. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.8Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Although not a captivating read, I found it pleasant enough. The characters are mostly appealing.
Like most nineteenth-century novels, this one features too many adverbs and adjectives, which in the former case leads to “telling” rather than “showing”, and in the latter case leads to clunky sentences.
In short, a pretty good read, but nothing to get excited about. ( )