Unsurprisingly, she’s considerably more enthusiastic about the book than I, and I enjoyed reading (and disagreeing with) her opinion! You never cease to amaze me with your writing and uncanny ability to suck me into your books which look to be a million pages, but read as if they are a few hundred.

Wragge, his feeble-minded wife whose eccentricities (trapped in the past and perpetually flipping an omelette in her mind) reminded me of Dickens’ Miss Havisham; Mrs. I hear you, Collins’ fans – no, it’s not as long as some of Dickens’ books, but Dickens would have had a cast of thousands, each described to unique perfection, with a dozen sub-plots all being juggled masterfully. And just when you think that having to battle through household after household in this drama wasn't enough, we're slammed in the face with utter desolation.Sweet and innocent Norah accepts her due and starts working as a governess but her younger and spirited sister Magdalen starts planning her revenge and schemes a trap to recover their fortune, no matter the cost. The other half reverted to Magdalen, because her dead husband never made a provision for George not marrying within 6 months, or the admiral passing away. The money that was to provide for them went to an estranged uncle (Michael Vanstone) who refused to give them a dime. And he certainly didn't hesitate to use that platform to express his deep dismay over the inequities that he perceived in those laws.

It is truly appealing, especially when he exposes the gaps in law by which the very persons who need the protection of the law are left unprotected. Though I don’t remember much about The Woman in White I did enjoy it far more than either Moonstone or this one. El otro factor importante por el que no he conseguido conectar son sus personajes y particularmente la protagonista, Magdalen, que a pesar de ser compleja e interesante, me sacaba de quicio constantemente. The stress of writing an angry letter denouncing his wife is too much for Noel, and he dies from a weak heart.

There are conflicts with his brother Michael and his will is useless because it was made before he was married.