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Poor Miss Finch
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Author : William Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
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Poor Miss Finch
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
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Release Date : 1872
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2011
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2015
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Poor Miss Finch Volume 1 Of 2 Easyread Comfort Edition
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010
Poor Miss Finch Volume 1 Of 2 Easyread Comfort Edition written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Poor Miss Finch
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Poor Miss Finch written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
Wilkie Collins's Poor Miss Finch is a novel about a young woman named Lucilla who is blind. She finds herself torn between two suitors, Oscar and Nugent. Her decision ultimately leads to tragedy and heartbreak. 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 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. 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.
Poor Miss Finch
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-03-26
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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.
Poor Miss Finch
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Author : Au Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Release Date : 2007-07-15
Poor Miss Finch written by Au Wilkie Collins and has been published by 1st World Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-15 with Literary Collections categories.
You are here invited to read the story of an Event which occurred in an out-of-the-way corner of England, some years since. The persons principally concerned in the Event are: -a blind girl; two (twin) brothers; a skilled surgeon; and a curious foreign woman. I am the curious foreign woman. And I take it on myself-for reasons which will presently appear-to tell the story. So far we understand each other. Good. I may make myself known to you as briefly as I can. I am Madame Pratolungo-widow of that celebrated South American patriot, Doctor Pratolungo. I am French by birth. Before I married the Doctor, I went through many vicissitudes in my own country.
Poor Miss Finch
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-02-11
Poor Miss Finch written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-11 with Fiction categories.
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