Comments on: Wilkie in Winter!: Epoch the First https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/ before I read the middle Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17591 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:12:36 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17591 In reply to james b chester.

No, but I want to! I’ve had it on my radar since I was little and Betsy Ray was reading it in Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill. Her father thought it was trash.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17590 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:12:12 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17590 In reply to Care.

Hmmmmm, that is strange! Did the new one show up yesterday? The Luminaries one? Because The Luminaries podcast I think you are the PERFECT audience for — I think you would really like The Luminaries!

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17589 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:11:30 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17589 In reply to litlove.

Is it off-puttingly huge? You should have my edition! It’s an older hardback with color plates in it, and it’s a large-size book so it makes the book as a whole look shorter. Plus, there are pretty pictures. (I really miss illustrated editions!)

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17588 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:10:44 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17588 In reply to Heather.

Hahahahaha, YES. Somehow I sensed it!

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17587 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:10:33 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17587 In reply to Heather.

I KNOW I am so excited for the second Epoch. The second Epoch is the best in the book. I think the book totally comes apart in the third Epoch.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17586 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:10:01 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17586 In reply to jenclair.

I can never decide whether I love The Moonstone or The Woman in White best — they’re both so good! (I need to read some more Wilkie Collins so I can have a broader base of books to judge from.)

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17585 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:09:30 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17585 In reply to Nish.

Especially Marian. Marian is way the best.

]]> By: Kristen M. https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17573 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 05:35:48 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17573 I finally finished this epoch today and, on reread, I find it so much harder to get through only because I know what is coming and it infuriates me even more than the first time when I (obviously) didn’t know what was coming. I think the reread actually highlights the women’s issues so much more for me, both Marian’s and Laura’s (and I’m sure later with Anne’s). I certainly think that Wilkie Collins’ tongue was firmly in his cheek when he said “The Lady is ugly!” I don’t think it reflects badly on Collins but rather on Hartright, right, who actually said it? This is why Wilkie is the best. Because readers at the time would have been like “ooh, that Marian does seem awesome from behind … except that, oh yikes, she’s ugly and, no … really? she speaks her mind? and, dear God, she has no money … so, really, she’s not awesome at all … but that Laura!” He played into the prejudices of the time to lead the readers’ sympathies but I believe he did it consciously. I love this book so much even though it probably has some of my most hated characters in literature. I can’t wait to continue!

]]> By: LauraC https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17565 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:55:41 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17565 In reply to Gin Jenny.

OK, MAYBE Marian. Maybe.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/01/27/wilkie-in-winter-epoch-the-first/#comment-17564 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:31:32 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5097#comment-17564 In reply to LauraC.

Thanks for stopping by!! 🙂 I think The Moonstone actually starts a little slower than The Woman in White, so be prepared for that if you thought The Woman in White was slow. You really didn’t like the characters in this one? Not even Marian? (I love Marian.)

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