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Poor Miss Finch (1872) by Wilkie Collins is a novel about a young blind woman who temporarily regains her sight while finding herself in a romantic triangle with two brothers.
- Wilkie Collins
- 1872
POOR MISS FINCH by Wilkie Collins TO MRS. ELLIOT, (OF THE DEANERY, BRISTOL). WILL YOU honor me by accepting the Dedication of this book, in remembrance of an uninterrupted friendship of many years? More than one charming blind girl, in fiction and in the drama, has preceded "Poor Miss Finch."
Jan 1, 2003 · Poor Miss Finch Credits: Produced by James Rusk Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Psychological fiction Subject: Love stories Subject: Domestic fiction Subject: Brothers -- Fiction Subject: Twins -- Fiction Subject: Blind women -- Fiction Subject: Sibling rivalry -- Fiction Category: Text ...
- Wilkie Collins
- Produced by James Rusk
- 1872
- English
A close friend of Charles Dickens from their meeting in March 1851 until Dickens' death in June 1870, William Wilkie Collins was one of the best known, best loved, and, for a time, best paid of Victorian fiction writers. But after his death, his reputation declined as Dickens' bloomed.
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- 1872
- Wilkie Collins
- Paperback
A young woman regains her sight after 20 years of cataracts and falls in love with her neighbour, but faces a cruel deception by his twin brother. The novel explores the themes of visual perception, identity, and happiness with Collins's characteristic plot twists and suspense.
Jan 15, 2009 · "Poor Miss Finch" is basically a pretty odd novel, whose plot circles around a blind girl (Lucilla), a young blue-faced man and his twin brother. Lucilla, who is called "Poor Miss Finch" by some people, falls in love with a young man who has recently moved to the village where she lives.
- Wilkie Collins
Feb 17, 2011 · Poor Miss Finch. Wilkie Collins (1824 - 1889) “Poor Miss Finch.” That is what everyone calls the courageous protagonist of this book. In other words, “poor thing, she’s blind, isn’t it awful?” Ha! Lucilla Finch is the wisest of all the characters, in spite of, and perhaps because of, her blindness.
