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The Queen of Hearts
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The Queen of Hearts Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781605970493
ISBN: 1605970492
Label: Book Jungle
Manufacturer: Book Jungle
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 360
Publication Date: 2008-02-18
Publisher: Book Jungle
Studio: Book Jungle
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781605970493
ISBN: 1605970492
Label: Book Jungle
Manufacturer: Book Jungle
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 360
Publication Date: 2008-02-18
Publisher: Book Jungle
Studio: Book Jungle
Editorial Review of The Queen of Hearts
Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, poet, and playwright writing in the mid 19th century. His writing was very popular consisting of 27 novels, 50 short stories, and 15 plays and over 100 poems. His best-known works were The Woman in White, The Moonstone and Armadale. Collins was greatly influenced by his friend Charles Dickens. Dickens is considered to be one of the greatest English writers. He was a social activist who wrote plays and novels during the Victorian period. In this story Griffith lives with his two elder brothers when his ward, a young girl, comes to stay for six weeks. Grifith's son is in love with her and asks his father to keep her there until his return. The three older men write stories to keep her entertained.
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Review Summary: Another Wilkie Collins book
Review: I have written a review of a Wilkie Collins book already, and though I didn't like this book quite as much as I did the last one I read, still it was enjoyable. In this story an older man, Griffith, lives in the country with his two elder brothers. They live a quiet life in an old house. Thier life changes when a young woman whom he had been co-guardian to , comes to his home to stay for 6 weeks in order to inherit her dead fathers' money upon her 21st birthday. With only a short time left to the young womans visit, Griffith recices a letter from his son who is going to sail back home. In the letter his son reveals that he is in love with the young woamn, Jessie. In order to keep Jessie there in time for his son to come back and declare his feelings, Griffith and his 2 brothers write stories to keep her entertained. The contents of much of the book are the brother's stories. The book brings to mind Scheherezade, who told her stories-like Aladdin and the lamp-to her husband to preserve her life. It is an enjoyable read, and easy to get through.
Review Summary: Another Wilkie Collins book
Review: I have written a review of a Wilkie Collins book already, and though I didn't like this book quite as much as I did the last one I read, still it was enjoyable. In this story an older man, Griffith, lives in the country with his two elder brothers. They live a quiet life in an old house. Thier life changes when a young woman whom he had been co-guardian to , comes to his home to stay for 6 weeks in order to inherit her dead fathers' money upon her 21st birthday. With only a short time left to the young womans visit, Griffith recices a letter from his son who is going to sail back home. In the letter his son reveals that he is in love with the young woamn, Jessie. In order to keep Jessie there in time for his son to come back and declare his feelings, Griffith and his 2 brothers write stories to keep her entertained. The contents of much of the book are the brother's stories. The book brings to mind Scheherezade, who told her stories-like Aladdin and the lamp-to her husband to preserve her life. It is an enjoyable read, and easy to get through.