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Josef Oskar's avatar

Dear Henry, don't you think that Wilkie Collins is worth being, at least, mentioned ?

Aaron McNally's avatar

I've only read The Evil Genius and I remember loving it!

Hollis Robbins's avatar

After reading Hannah Crafts's reworking, I have even more praise for Dickens's universality.

Henry Oliver's avatar

I must read that...

Nigel Gourlay FRSA's avatar

I was crying in Costa Coffee a couple of weeks ago when Jo died.

Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario's avatar

I love that: "a world of semi-mythical people, who might almost be mistaken for the creatures splattered with mire at the start." I do love Dicken's talent for embodying ideas in his characters.

Aaron McNally's avatar

Bleak House is next on my list when I'm finished with Middlemarch!