Poor Miss Finch

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Poor Miss Finch is a Victorian sensation novel by Wilkie Collins that centers on a blind heroine whose life is upended by love, deception, and a controversial medical operation to restore her sight.

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instanceOf Victorian sensation novel
novel
author Wilkie Collins NERFINISHED
concerns consequences of restored sight
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre Victorian literature
sensation fiction
hasForm prose fiction
hasLoveTriangle yes
hasMedicalMotif experimental eye surgery
language English
literaryMovement sensation novel tradition
literaryPeriod Victorian era NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Lucilla Finch NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus blind heroine whose life is transformed by surgery
plotElement deception
love
medical operation to restore sight
protagonistCharacteristic blind
settingPeriod 19th century
theme disability
ethics of medical intervention
identity
perception versus reality

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Wilkie Collins notableWork Poor Miss Finch