I listened to this book on Librivox. Although I appreciate the volunteer readers and give them much credit, a couple of the readers of this book were particularly bad. Someone who cannot correctly interpret how a passage should be read and who uses strange inflection does no justice to a novel. That said, I enjoyed much this story, except for a part near the end. The protagonist has a personality change that is so unbelieveable that it somewhat ruined the entire book for me. Speaking of unbelievable, be aware that this novel uses supernatural lore to advance the story. I plan to re-read this book and hope that my own internal voice will improve it. p.s. love Wilkie Collins!