I’m writing over at The Dark Jane Austen Book Club today about Wilkie Collins’s classic Victorian novel, The Woman in White.
With intriguing characters, cruel deception, and a dark secret, one can easily see how this Gothic tale has stood the test of time.
Mary C. M. Phillips 
I so agree about it being a page-turner. But it’s also a novel of its era and I think you have always to look beyond the style and the out of date attitudes when reading ‘classics.’ https://bookheathen.wordpress.com/2015/07/04/the-woman-in-white/
The REAL heroines of classic fiction are never “pretty”. Marian sort of does it for me anyway. The first time I read Ivanhoe, I could never understand why the hero chose Rowena rather than the infinitely more ‘attractive’ Jessica.
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Thank you for commenting, Bookheathen. I agree. Even w ancient scriptures, I must take into account the period and culture in which the writer expresses him/herself. Always nice to hear your feedback. Thanks for reading!
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