In Wilkie Collins's gripping novel, "Poor Miss Finch," we meet Lucilla Finch, a young Englishwoman of strength and spirit who has been blind since infancy. Her world is one of sound and touch, navigated with the help of her devoted companion, Madame Pratolungo. Lucilla's life is forever changed by the arrival of two brothers, Oscar and Nugent Dubourg. She falls deeply in love with the gentle and good-hearted Oscar. However, a violent incident leads to Oscar suffering from a severe illness, treated with a medicine containing silver nitrate, which has the bizarre and tragic side-effect of turning his skin a permanent blue. When a revolutionary surgical procedure offers Lucilla the chance to regain her sight, a terrible dilemma emerges. She adores Oscar, but what will happen when she sees his altered appearance for the first time? Complicating matters is his brother, the handsome and charismatic Nugent, who, upon Lucilla's successful operation, becomes her guide to the visual world. Nugent, who also harbors feelings for Lucilla, sees an opportunity and engages in a devastating deception, exploiting her new sense of sight and her inability to distinguish between the identical twins. Wilkie Collins masterfully constructs a tale of sensory perception, identity, and love, asking whether true affection can transcend physical appearance and if a heart can see what eyes cannot.

Table of Contents:

• Poor Miss Finch. Part 1

• Poor Miss Finch. Part 2

• Poor Miss Finch. Part 3

• Poor Miss Finch. Part 4

• Poor Miss Finch. Part 5

• Poor Miss Finch. Part 6

• Poor Miss Finch. Part 7

• Poor Miss Finch. Part 8

• Poor Miss Finch. Part 9