tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post6699231044591747410..comments2024-03-28T15:27:35.498-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-42689128049282704272022-03-01T18:55:13.815-06:002022-03-01T18:55:13.815-06:00It is a great book. It is often included on "...It is a great book. It is often included on "best books" lists.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-1892203913573469162022-03-01T18:21:03.795-06:002022-03-01T18:21:03.795-06:00This is such a great book! I love how Collins narr...This is such a great book! I love how Collins narrates it, and how the mystery unfolds over the course of the novel. The characters are great, too. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-41281638525387549012020-05-27T18:34:35.483-05:002020-05-27T18:34:35.483-05:00Yes, verbiage was definitely the style of the day!...Yes, verbiage was definitely the style of the day! I remember reading <i>Moby Dick</i> as a requirement of my freshman college English class. I think I was the only one in the class that loved it. My instructor, who also loved it, and I bonded over it and I sailed through that class. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-27144755986925396082020-05-27T16:55:39.700-05:002020-05-27T16:55:39.700-05:00Thanks for sending me the link to your excellent r...Thanks for sending me the link to your excellent review. It's funny, it does have a bit of verbiage I suppose but I never found it off-putting. I find it suits the times and most writing of that period is like that. I read Moby Dick last year and that really is full to brimming with verbiage and I did struggle. A lot. But The Woman in White... no. I'll be trying The Moonstone soon. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-36417968936173349082017-01-14T14:58:56.955-06:002017-01-14T14:58:56.955-06:00Then this one definitely isn't for you.Then this one definitely isn't for you.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-85163362202938818872017-01-14T13:11:31.560-06:002017-01-14T13:11:31.560-06:00A verbose novel with complicated plot is not my th...A verbose novel with complicated plot is not my thing.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-38529120117754143712017-01-14T11:46:25.049-06:002017-01-14T11:46:25.049-06:00I suspect most writers of mysteries have been infl...I suspect most writers of mysteries have been influenced by this book, even if unconsciously. He sort of set the mold for the genre. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-13635079779094305512017-01-14T11:18:54.989-06:002017-01-14T11:18:54.989-06:00I have started this book twice! Never got past the...I have started this book twice! Never got past the verbiage to the page-turner aspect. You make it sound so very intriguing. Perhaps I will put it on the "nearer" TBR pile once again! I wonder if Kate Atkinson was at all influenced by The Woman in White.Judy Kruegerhttp://keepthewisdom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com