Another excellent set of reading recommendations, and just in time for the Season of the Witch! I would not think to challenge your knowledge of Gothic literature, but... speaking of Poe... for a variation on a theme - quite literally - are you familiar with the 1976 album "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" by The Alan Parsons Project? Narrated in part by none other than Orson Welles, it is an amazing musical interpretation of several of Poe's best works. I'll take it any day of the year, but it's definitely a Fall/ Autumn/ Hallowe'en favorite, and readily available on a number of UA-cam channels -
The Big King Daddy, in my mind, of Halloween books is 'The October Country' by Ray Bradbury. His story "The Emissary" I enjoyably read to a class of kids in a library a few years back...Anyhow, it's the book that's MOST immersed in the month of October of any I've ever read...
Um, well, there's TWO Ray Bradburys-- there's the young one who wrote poetically, and then there's the older Ray who, well, wrote how most writers write. @@evasliteraryparlour
He wrote that book you read in 1972, a bit after the time he'd written all of his best books, Eva. Of course, this DOESN'T 100% mean that you'd like his earlier stuff--I don't like Harper Lee's 'Mockingbird,' right, but, well, I do still know that it is a masterpiece...Reading is subjective... @@evasliteraryparlour
As a french, i'm glad you like "La Morte Amoureuse" de Gustave Flaubert ♥ I also recommend : - "Le Horla" de Guy de Maupassant - "Le Diable Amoureux" de Jacques Cazotte - "Le Château de Pictordu" de George Sand and more recently (i don't think traductions exist) : - "Apostasie" de Vincent Tassy (CW : a lot of blood + s*xual assault) - "Vert de Lierre" de Louise le Bars Love this video ♥
Thank you for watching and for the suggestions! The Horla is part of one of my anthologies, but I rather read it in French. I'm gonna check the other ones as well. I'm currently taking a French course, and your suggestions are going to be super useful in the following weeks to help me prepare for my exams. It makes me happy to encounter French people here 🥰.
I don't know if any of my replies are showing up on your end. I have replied three times - with links and without links - and UA-cam keeps removing them.
Every time I list a channel that features the album, UA-cam auto-deletes my post. I really can't stand our digital overlords, and maybe one day, we'll all move over to X or Rumble...
So... given that I don't seem to be able to post the name of any other channel, I would say that if you do a search on YT, you should be able to find the album with no problem. Grab another glass of wine - and enjoy! [and please let me know if you love or hate it!!]
You are only the 2nd person I've heard that can actually admit outloud that Polidori's 'The Vampyre' is a horribly written story. The only other person I've heard brave enough to admit this is the editor Otto Penzler. As much as I like the story, I thought the writing was just horrible, and I thought everyone must feel the same way but are never willing to admit it. All the reviews say it had an immense impact for being the first Vampire story in literature but they stop short of saying it's good. I'd also recommend, 'The Black Vampyre; A Legend of St. Domingo' by Uriah Derick D'Arcy. It was published the same year as Polidori's 'The Vampyre' to capitalize on its sucess. It's also much better written than Polidori's story. There are several references to Polidori's 'The Vampyre' and Lord Byron getting credit for his work in it. I'm intrigued by "The Company of Wolves" by Angela Carter. I saw the film by Neil Jordan. I'm putting that on my reading list.
I really don't know someone who likes The Vampyre (poor Polidori!). I still think is a fun story, but I refuse to call it good😄. Thank you for the suggestion!! I love vampires, so this is very cool 👀. I haven't watched The Company of Wolves, but perhaps it's time that I do.
I forgot to mention 'The Black Vampyre' is also the first black vampire in literature. It's written 46 years before the abolition of slavery in the US, so it could possibly be the first anti slavery short story in literature too. I actually consider 'A Fragment of a Novel' by Lord Byron the first vampire story in Literature. If Byron had completed it, it would have been revealed the main character is a vampire. The story is very identical to Polidori's story but much better written. Like other Fragment stories and poems from the Romantic movement, the unfinished story activates your imagination and it stays in your head for days after reading it. 'Christabel' by Coleridge is a good example of this.@@evasliteraryparlour
you’re no t wrong that the Vampyir is difficult to read. i think Camilla is much better story as well as any of the Dumas stories from Horror at Fontaney. I think the other title is one and one thousand phantoms. just avoid the 1975 badly edited version.
Angela Carter is my literary discovery this year. Thank you very much for the suggestion.
I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it!
I'm so glad I found your channel! These are amazing recs, looking forward to more videos from you! 😍
Thank you for watching. I'm glad to hear you like the channel 🤗
Another excellent set of reading recommendations, and just in time for the Season of the Witch! I would not think to challenge your knowledge of Gothic literature, but... speaking of Poe... for a variation on a theme - quite literally - are you familiar with the 1976 album "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" by The Alan Parsons Project? Narrated in part by none other than Orson Welles, it is an amazing musical interpretation of several of Poe's best works. I'll take it any day of the year, but it's definitely a Fall/ Autumn/ Hallowe'en favorite, and readily available on a number of UA-cam channels -
I love how super spookily ornate Poe's short stories are! (Especially "The Fall of the House of Usher"!)
Yes!!! And they are all unique!
The Big King Daddy, in my mind, of Halloween books is 'The October Country' by Ray Bradbury. His story "The Emissary" I enjoyably read to a class of kids in a library a few years back...Anyhow, it's the book that's MOST immersed in the month of October of any I've ever read...
I haven't read The October Country, but last year I read Bradbury's The Halloween Tree. It's super halloweenish but rather boring 😅.
Um, well, there's TWO Ray Bradburys-- there's the young one who wrote poetically, and then there's the older Ray who, well, wrote how most writers write. @@evasliteraryparlour
oopsie! that must have been the other Bradbury 😅@@lynjazz5122
He wrote that book you read in 1972, a bit after the time he'd written all of his best books, Eva. Of course, this DOESN'T 100% mean that you'd like his earlier stuff--I don't like Harper Lee's 'Mockingbird,' right, but, well, I do still know that it is a masterpiece...Reading is subjective...
@@evasliteraryparlour
Gaiman's lke the new Ray Bradbury...
As a french, i'm glad you like "La Morte Amoureuse" de Gustave Flaubert ♥
I also recommend :
- "Le Horla" de Guy de Maupassant
- "Le Diable Amoureux" de Jacques Cazotte
- "Le Château de Pictordu" de George Sand
and more recently (i don't think traductions exist) :
- "Apostasie" de Vincent Tassy (CW : a lot of blood + s*xual assault)
- "Vert de Lierre" de Louise le Bars
Love this video ♥
Thank you for watching and for the suggestions! The Horla is part of one of my anthologies, but I rather read it in French. I'm gonna check the other ones as well. I'm currently taking a French course, and your suggestions are going to be super useful in the following weeks to help me prepare for my exams. It makes me happy to encounter French people here 🥰.
so please make a video about Poe :)
I WILL 👀
I didn’t know anything about “Tales of Mystery & Imagination” 👀. Thank you for the recommendation!! Do you know where can I watch it?
I don't know if any of my replies are showing up on your end. I have replied three times - with links and without links - and UA-cam keeps removing them.
Every time I list a channel that features the album, UA-cam auto-deletes my post. I really can't stand our digital overlords, and maybe one day, we'll all move over to X or Rumble...
So... given that I don't seem to be able to post the name of any other channel, I would say that if you do a search on YT, you should be able to find the album with no problem. Grab another glass of wine - and enjoy! [and please let me know if you love or hate it!!]
You are only the 2nd person I've heard that can actually admit outloud that Polidori's 'The Vampyre' is a horribly written story. The only other person I've heard brave enough to admit this is the editor Otto Penzler. As much as I like the story, I thought the writing was just horrible, and I thought everyone must feel the same way but are never willing to admit it. All the reviews say it had an immense impact for being the first Vampire story in literature but they stop short of saying it's good.
I'd also recommend, 'The Black Vampyre; A Legend of St. Domingo' by Uriah Derick D'Arcy. It was published the same year as Polidori's 'The Vampyre' to capitalize on its sucess. It's also much better written than Polidori's story. There are several references to Polidori's 'The Vampyre' and Lord Byron getting credit for his work in it.
I'm intrigued by "The Company of Wolves" by Angela Carter. I saw the film by Neil Jordan. I'm putting that on my reading list.
I really don't know someone who likes The Vampyre (poor Polidori!). I still think is a fun story, but I refuse to call it good😄. Thank you for the suggestion!! I love vampires, so this is very cool 👀. I haven't watched The Company of Wolves, but perhaps it's time that I do.
I forgot to mention 'The Black Vampyre' is also the first black vampire in literature. It's written 46 years before the abolition of slavery in the US, so it could possibly be the first anti slavery short story in literature too.
I actually consider 'A Fragment of a Novel' by Lord Byron the first vampire story in Literature. If Byron had completed it, it would have been revealed the main character is a vampire. The story is very identical to Polidori's story but much better written. Like other Fragment stories and poems from the Romantic movement, the unfinished story activates your imagination and it stays in your head for days after reading it. 'Christabel' by Coleridge is a good example of this.@@evasliteraryparlour
you’re no t wrong that the Vampyir is difficult to read. i think Camilla is much better story as well as any of the Dumas stories from Horror at Fontaney. I think the other title is one and one thousand phantoms. just avoid the 1975 badly edited version.