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If you like Wilkie Collins you'll love it

Some of his later books are thin on description as his drug addiction consumed his talent, but Haunted Hotel is from his stronger period. Vintage gothic pacing, mysterious characters with hideous descriptions and a primitive "twist" ending all make for classic Collins fun. Though less well known than "The Woman in White" or "The Moonstone" and certainly much less complex in plotting, this is a well written book full of inner conflict, unreliable narration and surprise

Surprizing modernity

This movie provides focus for the book George Eliot wrote, clearly staying on topic where she tended attempt epic proportions. The situation is surprisingly modern, following the lives of a cache of fatherless young adults. The story is replete with both young and old narcissists and explores their effect on their relationships - co-dependents watch out! This movie includes one distinctly warm "father/son" relationship, something I find rarely depicted in period literature. Fathers are mostly absent, distant or just plain silly - compare with the fathers in "The Moonstone" "Armdale" or "Jane Eyre" for example. The costumes and scenery is lush and beautiful, the title character not just a nice piece of eye candy - but a multi-faceted man as well.