tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564610599407334147.post7670805219284760723..comments2023-07-01T08:33:22.559-05:00Comments on Serial Readers: POOR MISS FINCH (chaps. 47-Epilogue) for 24 Feb. 1872: Serial Finale!Serial Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932190984707494976noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564610599407334147.post-33244130226505221062014-06-28T22:15:39.590-05:002014-06-28T22:15:39.590-05:00I am feeling remiss for being MIA for the completi...I am feeling remiss for being MIA for the completion of the serial. I loved reading the novel with others and always looked forward to the responses. Here are a few thoughts on the ending: the plot and plausibility points, while never perfect, seemed to get more strained and far-fetched as the novel concluded. I felt as if Collins were tired of writing and I’d be curious to know what he thought of this novel. I especially found Oscar’s switch from a delaying and vacillating character to someone who is decisive and active a bit of a stretch. <br /><br />I was also interested that the novel ended with an emphasis on writing: both Nugent’s interrupted and unfinished letter and Madame Pratolungo reflections on her own writing process. I’m also struck by the fact that there are only two real crimes (I think—I may have missed others) represented in this novel—the murder for which Oscar is falsely accused and the housebreaking and assault—and they seem both essential to the main plot and a bit remote from it. I want to think more about them. And I remain interested in how this novel addresses time (the perjury of the clock! the tracking of the passage of time, the delays and suspense that are carved out of time, the waiting etc).<br /><br />My own reading experience was curious. I know that this novel is about blindness and its implications and yet that was never the part of the novel I found most engaging. But it may be something I think about more in the weeks to come. <br /><br />I’m most grateful to all of the comments along the way. Thank you!<br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02933367182090895011noreply@blogger.com