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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Collins, Wilkie
Professor Pesca. The diminutive Professor Pesca was a native of Italy who had left his country for political reasons. He played an important part in the beginning of the book as well as at the end of the book.
Limmeridge House. Hartright took a 4 month job to teach Laura Fairlie and her sister drawing. His other duty was to restore "a valuable collection of drawings, which had been suffered to fall into a condition of total neglect." His employer was the owner of Limmeridge House, Frederick Fairlie, who was Laura's uncle.
Laura Fairlie. Yes, Laura. A dumb blond if ever there was one. Her sister, Marian, was by far the more intelligent, witty, and engaging woman. So why'd he choose Laura? She was very beautiful.
intelligent, but unattractive. Marian described herself this way in the book:
"I am dark and ugly, and she [Laura] is fair and pretty." She doesn't go on to say how kind, witty, and intelligent she is as well. However, as you read the novel, all that becomes apparent.
She was already engaged to be married.. She was already engaged, and what's more, she was an heiress and he was a penniless drawing master.
Childlike and easily led.. Therein lies the only flaw in the book. Our Laura Fairlie while very sweet and attractive was not going to be invited to Mensa -- ever. What did Walter see in her??
gentleness and pliability. "... those feminine attractions of gentleness and pliability, without which the beauty of the handsomest woman alive is beauty incomplete."
I do wonder how much Collins himself felt this as when he died he was living with one mistress and keeping another on the side. In Victorian England, I guess you needed a 'gentle and pliable' woman to get away with this. Excuse my cynicism. The book is a wonderful book.
He needed money immediately.. Sir Percival (Laura's intended) stood to gain income by marrying Laura.
Baronet. Hence Sir Percival Glyde. As well, a baronetcy is inherited so that the first-born son will get the title. A knighthood, by contrast, expires with the person who has been knighted.
Count Fosco. Count Fosco was a villain if ever there was one.
To fake her death and confine her.. Count Fosco came up with this evil, but clever plan. The book is worth reading just to get to know the diabolical Count.
Mrs. Catherick. The mother is easy, but who's the father?? You'll have to read the book to find out!
Marian Holcombe. Yes Marian. She should've been the REAL heroine of this story. She was resourceful, intelligent, strong, and full of integrity. Contrast this with our friendly, but dumb, blond, Laura, who is interchangeable with a golden lab...
An evil, manipulative genius.. The Count knew how to manipulate people without their even knowing it was happening.
She vowed never to marry and to stay with her sister always. Why, Marian, why? Don't you have a life outside of Laura? I'm glad you care about your sister so much, but you can marry and have a full life and STILL stay in touch with her.
Yellow Diamond. The traditions behind the name include having been set in the forehead of an Indian god who typified the moon; also its lustre was said to grow and fade with the waxing and waning of the moon.
Vishnu. After Vishnu did this he commanded that the moonstone be watched by the three priests in turn, day and night, until the end of the generations of men.
Why he refuses the friendship of his cousin John. He suspected his cousin to have murdered three Indians, and of lying about having found/stolen the moonstone.
Three. "If you know anything of the fashionable world, you have heard tell of
the three beautiful Miss Herncastles. Miss Adelaide; Miss Caroline;
and Miss Julia--this last being the youngest and the best of the three
sisters, in my opinion;" -"The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins
Penelope. After five years of neither happy nor un-happy marriage, his wife died and left him with only his daughter Penelope, who when old enough became Rachel's maid.
Mr. Franklin. Gabriel is the narrator when Mr. Franklin appears in the story.
Rosanna. Rosanna was a reformed thief and was being given a chance to prove herself worthy any Christian woman's interest in her.
Rachel. In the story, the question is asked if the Colonel knew of the Moonstone's legacy of trouble and danger, and if he willed it to his sister's child as an act of revenge upon his sister.
Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite. "On June the twelfth, an invitation from my mistress was sent to a
gentleman in London, to come and help to keep Miss Rachel's birthday.
This was the fortunate individual on whom I believed her heart to be
privately set! Like Mr. Franklin, he was a cousin of hers. His name was
Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite." -From "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins
Betteredge is Gabriel's last name and Frizinghall is where the Ablewhites live.
Bouncers. "Everything the Miss Ablewhites said began with a large O;
everything they did was done with a bang; and they giggled and
screamed, in season and out of season, on the smallest provocation.
Bouncers--that's what I call them." -Gabriel in "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins
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