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| Title | : | Armadale |
| Author | : | Wilkie Collins |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 721 pages |
| Published | : | January 26th 1995 by Penguin Classics (first published 1866) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Mystery. Historical. Victorian. Gothic |
Wilkie Collins
Paperback | Pages: 721 pages Rating: 3.92 | 5681 Users | 335 Reviews
Narration During Books Armadale
The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a deathbed confession by the murderer in the form of a letter to be given to his baby son when he grows up. Many years are skipped over. The son, mistreated at home, runs away from his mother and stepfather, and takes up a wandering life under the assumed name of Ozias Midwinter.
Details Books Supposing Armadale
| Original Title: | Armadale |
| ISBN: | 0140434119 (ISBN13: 9780140434118) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Of Books Armadale
Ratings: 3.92 From 5681 Users | 335 ReviewsCriticism Of Books Armadale
There can be no doubt, I love Wilkie Collins writing. It is like I am sitting in a comfortable chair by the fireside, feet up, sipping my wine and listening intently as he tells me a story. This marks the third Wilkie Collins book that I have read and now my second favourite next to The Woman in White.These days it would seem there are so many new books out there, the ones with buzz, that we all chase after and so we should. There is nothing wrong with that. I just hope that along the way we do3.5
Free download available at Project Gutenberg.And the audio version is available at LibriVox.To all readers: read the Prologue carefully since it will give all the main hints to the narrative.Another magnificent and suspenseful story written by Wilkie Collins, my favorite so far.Major Characters: Allan ArmadaleOzias Midwinter His friendLydia Gwilt Forger and laudanum addict, the anti-heroine of the novelMinor characters:Decimus Brock A minister and friend of Alan Armadale and Ozias Midwinter.
The second star is solely for a female villain (although given how late she turned up and what her ultimate (eye-roll inducing) fate is, I am very tempted to remove it while I am writing this...). Everything else I found utterly forgettable and boring.
Having greatly enjoyed Wilkie Collins novels The Woman in White and The Moonstone, I turned to Armadale with great anticipation, and baggy and imperfect as it is, it did not disappoint. A more convoluted plot would be difficult to imagine. Allan Armadale disinherits his son, Allan Armadale, leaving his fortune to his nephew on the condition that said nephew changes his name to, you guessed it, Allan Armadale. The disinherited Allan Armadale, under the assumed name of Fergus Ingleby, cheats the
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This 1866 work by Wilkie Collins is the first long Victorian novel I've read in quite a few years. Recognize the time commitment called for before you begin it. (I read it on Kindle, so pagination wasn't that easy to follow, but I was curious after I read for what seemed a long time and was only at 28%, so I checked: the Penguin Classics edition was 752 pages!) It traces the complexities and dynamics of assumed and mistaken identities, particularly as they affect two sets of central figures,
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