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La Reina De Corazones (2008)

by Wilkie Collins(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Verticales de Bolsillo

review 1: Although it took me months to finish reading this collection of short stories by Wilkie Collins, I still found most of it to be delightful. I just LOVED the framework of this book. Three old men are entertaining a young lady, Jessie Yelverton. (I believe one of the men is one of her guardians?). As her visit draws to a close, one of the men in hopes of keeping her around just long enough for his son to return home--he would love to have her for a daughter-in-law--proposes that she stay for ten more nights to hear ten stories. The brothers will take turns writing/telling/sharing stories. In between each of the stories, there is narrative linking them all together. The three brothers are Griffith, Owen, and Morgan. The ten stories are: Brother Owen's Story of the Black Cotta... morege, Brother Griffith's Story of the Family Secret, Brother Morgan's Story of The Dream Woman, Brother Griffith's Story of Mad Monkton, Brother Morgan's Story of The Dead Hand, Brother Griffith's Story of the Biter Bit, Brother Owen's Story of the Parson's Scruple, Brother Griffith's Story of A Plot in Private Life, Brother Morgan's Story of Fauntleroy, Brother Owen's Story of Anne Rodway.
review 2: Griffith, a widower and retired lawyer, finds himself the sole legal guardian of Jessie, a spritly, young woman set on lighthearted adventure. According to her late father's will she must spend six weeks per year with her guardian if she is to gain full access to her inheritance. So she sets out to one of the most desolate and remote areas of Britain to live for six weeks with Griffith and his two older brothers. Will the three old men manage to keep the young lady entertained and comfortable in their tower? Why is it so important that she stays? Willie Collins has quickly worked his way to being one of my favourite authors. The Queen of Hearts is a collection of short stories surrounded by a frame of the thoughts and observations of a kind, old man, set on the happiness of the people around him. A light story of many stories. There will be ghosts, there will be villains and there will be love. less

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