Comments on: The Classics Circuit: A Few Facts About Wilkie Collins http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/ Hiding in the security of all things books, with some movies and tv - occasionally food... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nymeth http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/#comment-11982 Nymeth Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:41:42 +0000 http://www.linussblanket.com/?p=3421#comment-11982 That makes me so sad about the burned letters! Boooo, Dickens! .-= Nymeth´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2009/12/bookworms-carnival-43rd-edition.html" rel="nofollow">Bookworms Carnival: 43rd Edition</a> =-. That makes me so sad about the burned letters! Boooo, Dickens!
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]]> By: lilly http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/#comment-11889 lilly Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:18:57 +0000 http://www.linussblanket.com/?p=3421#comment-11889 I agree, the side of reading that gets you interested in people or facts behind the book or somehow connected to the book is one of the best parts of reading. I didn't know much about Collins myself until Drood came out, however I owned both Woman in White and The Moonstone already so I decided to read them first before I start Simmons's book. So far, I read Woman in White. .-= lilly´s last blog ..<a href="http://lilly-readingextravaganza.blogspot.com/2009/12/2-in-1-book-shopper-tattoo-machine.html" rel="nofollow">2-in-1 : The Book Shopper & Tattoo Machine</a> =-. I agree, the side of reading that gets you interested in people or facts behind the book or somehow connected to the book is one of the best parts of reading. I didn’t know much about Collins myself until Drood came out, however I owned both Woman in White and The Moonstone already so I decided to read them first before I start Simmons’s book. So far, I read Woman in White.
.-= lilly´s last blog ..2-in-1 : The Book Shopper & Tattoo Machine =-.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/#comment-11876 Nicole Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:03:30 +0000 http://www.linussblanket.com/?p=3421#comment-11876 Seriously. I think that their lives definitely rivaled if not surpassed the fiction that they wrote. Seriously. I think that their lives definitely rivaled if not surpassed the fiction that they wrote.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/#comment-11875 Nicole Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:02:09 +0000 http://www.linussblanket.com/?p=3421#comment-11875 Yes! That's exactly where he would be. I think he would outdo what some of our current celebrities do. He would be a pr nightmare. Yes! That’s exactly where he would be. I think he would outdo what some of our current celebrities do. He would be a pr nightmare.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/#comment-11874 Nicole Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:01:03 +0000 http://www.linussblanket.com/?p=3421#comment-11874 I really want to read the biographies of both Dickens and Collins. They seem to be more fascinating than any of the things they wrote about. I really want to read the biographies of both Dickens and Collins. They seem to be more fascinating than any of the things they wrote about.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/#comment-11873 Nicole Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:59:41 +0000 http://www.linussblanket.com/?p=3421#comment-11873 We always think that our own times are the most outrageous, but everybody was doing dirt! We always think that our own times are the most outrageous, but everybody was doing dirt!

]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/#comment-11870 Rebecca Reid Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:41:24 +0000 http://www.linussblanket.com/?p=3421#comment-11870 I wonder what else we'd know about those two authors if Dickens hadn't burned those letters! What a perfect post to end the Circuit on! .-= Rebecca Reid´s last blog ..<a href="http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/the-creative-family-by-amanda-blake-soule/" rel="nofollow">The Creative Family by Amanda Blake Soule</a> =-. I wonder what else we’d know about those two authors if Dickens hadn’t burned those letters!

What a perfect post to end the Circuit on!
.-= Rebecca Reid´s last blog ..The Creative Family by Amanda Blake Soule =-.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/#comment-11859 Kathy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:13:47 +0000 http://www.linussblanket.com/?p=3421#comment-11859 If Collins was alive today we'd be reading about him in the tabloids! .-= Kathy´s last blog ..<a href="http://bermudaonion.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/review-while-im-falling/" rel="nofollow">Review: While I’m Falling</a> =-. If Collins was alive today we’d be reading about him in the tabloids!
.-= Kathy´s last blog ..Review: While I’m Falling =-.

]]> By: Rose City Reader http://www.linussblanket.com/the-classics-circuit-a-few-facts-about-wilkie-collins/#comment-11857 Rose City Reader Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:11:15 +0000 http://www.linussblanket.com/?p=3421#comment-11857 Interesting stuff! This tour has definitely made me finally want to dig into Moonstone and WIW. Interesting stuff! This tour has definitely made me finally want to dig into Moonstone and WIW.

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