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A review by elliemccabe
Armadale by Wilkie Collins
3.0
I did enjoy this story. I started this book because I was told there was a marvelous villainess. and Lydia was, she was what might have become of tess d'urbervilles had she lived past the trail as Lydia did.
However the Victorian way of paying per word does not suit this story. For every interesting chapter there are two chapters in-between where nothing happens! yet those few interesting chapters kept me from giving up. I think this story would fit very well into a 2.5 hour movie. Which you usually cant say about a 800 page book.
Finally could 53 year old really pass of as a 28 year old and enthrall two 21 year olds? Especially in Victorian England!!
However the Victorian way of paying per word does not suit this story. For every interesting chapter there are two chapters in-between where nothing happens! yet those few interesting chapters kept me from giving up. I think this story would fit very well into a 2.5 hour movie. Which you usually cant say about a 800 page book.
Finally could 53 year old really pass of as a 28 year old and enthrall two 21 year olds? Especially in Victorian England!!