I loved it! I'm trying to decide what to go for next.
And when you've been reading a lot of Victorian Lit, which I had, No Name's Magdalen makes a refreshing change. Also there's a sinister housekeeper with a pet frog. (or toad, possibly. It's been a long while since I read No Name.)
poliphilo did a Collins readthrough a number of years ago and he made No Name sound wonderful. I just never got around to it.
But The Moonstone while not technically the first detective novel, is the first proper
What's the technical first?
almost everybody's got a quirk in Collins, though.
I noticed that and approved. It made me much fonder of whole swathes of the main cast than usually happens with me.
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I loved it! I'm trying to decide what to go for next.
And when you've been reading a lot of Victorian Lit, which I had, No Name's Magdalen makes a refreshing change. Also there's a sinister housekeeper with a pet frog. (or toad, possibly. It's been a long while since I read No Name.)
But The Moonstone while not technically the first detective novel, is the first proper
What's the technical first?
almost everybody's got a quirk in Collins, though.
I noticed that and approved. It made me much fonder of whole swathes of the main cast than usually happens with me.