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The Fallen Leaves
Wilkie Collins
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[NOTE:—A strange indorsement appears on this letter, dated several months after the period at which it was received:—"Ah, poor Amelius! He had better have gone back to Miss Mellicent, and put up with the little drawback of her age. What a bright, lovable fellow he was! Goodbye to Goldenheart!"
These lines are not signed. They are known, however, to be in the handwriting of Rufus Dingwell.]
CHAPTER 2
I particularly want you to come and lunch with us, dearest Cecilia, the day after tomorrow. Don't say to yourself, "The Farnaby's house is dull, and Regina is too slow for me," and don't think about the long drive for the horses, from your place to London. This letter has an interest of its own, my dear—I have got something new for you. What do you think of a young man, who is clever and handsome and agreeable—and, wonder of wonders, . . . Read More
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I loved this book until the very end, when I discovered it had been meant to be a 2-part series and instead Wilkie just left this single book twisting in the wind. I could exhume him and slap him.
This is a fascinating Victorian novel that has a bit of everything--utopian socialism, prostitution, gilded-age crooks, premarital sex, and sympathetic feminism. Fascinating look at England in the 1870's with themes that few novels of the time dared to explore. I have never been a fan of Collin's Mo
The Fallen Leaves è uno degli ultimi romanzi di Wilkie Collins. Preceduto da grandi successi come The Woman in White, No Name, The Moonstone e The Law and the Lady, sembra in realtà un’opera di esordio principalmente a causa di una trama sì complessa ma piuttosto banale.
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2,5 estrellas. Aprobado raspado, por lo bien que escribe y por lo valiente de algunos temas planteados.
Nunca pensé que llegaría el día en que leería una novela de Wilkie Collins, del que soy una gran fan y que se encuentra entre mis escritores favoritos, que no me gustaría.
Pues se ve que para todo h
Uno degli ultimi romanzi di Wilkie Collins, scritto quando l'autore era ormai afflitto dalla gotta e in lutto per la morte del grande amico Charles Dickens avvenuta qualche anno prima, non è certamente all'altezza del grande La pietra di luna. Tuttavia, anche Foglie cadute è un romanzo molto godibil
E' il primo libro di Collins che leggo, ma ne sono assolutamente entusiasta!
A metà strada fra Nicholas Nickleby di Dickens e Tom Jones di Fielding, il nostro Claude Amelius Goldenheart (un cognome ad hoc per il nostro giovane dal cuore d'oro) passa disinvoltamente dalla comunità di Tadmore dei socia