



Poor Miss Finch
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Poor Miss Finch (1872) by Wilkie Collins is a novel about a young blind woman who temporarily regains her sight while finding herself in a romantic triangle with two brothers. Twenty-one-year-old Lucilla Finch, the independently wealthy daughter of the rector of Dimchurch, Sussex, has been blind since infancy. Shortly after the narrator, Madame Pratolungo, arrives to serve as her paid companion, Lucilla falls in love with Oscar Dubourg, her shy and reclusive neighbour, also wealthy, who devotes himself to craftsmanship in precious metals.
Customer Reviews
Bodeka17
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An awesome tale..
Wilkie Collins has done it again! Glorious prose with complex details in characters and superb plot build up-an excellent read all round..
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