P.S. "Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter" by Sofi Laporte was HILARIOUS and very sweet and charming. I did a search on your channel, and I thought you were the one who recommended it, but if you didn't and haven't read it, I think you will appreciate it. It's historical "clean" romance with a twisty plot and great writing.
Maybe one of the prompts for next Victober can be: read a Vuctorian author lower down on your tbr. 😅 I keep meaning to read Oliphant, but so many other authors are taking precedent. And Victorian novels do take some time to read!
I think this is such a good idea to space out your Victorian reads and not just try to cram everything into Victober. I never feel satisfied with the amount I'm able to read during that one month. I read the Warden last Victober and I'm waiting on Barchestor Towers to read next month. I'm currently reading Mary Barton and I'm enjoying it so much. Gaskell is great!
The only thing I've read by Mrs. Oliphant is "Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations" which was a collection of women authors writing about women authors. In it, Mrs. Lynn Linton (friend of Dickens who sold him Gads Hill Place) ROASTED George Eliot. As only a prim-and-proper Victorian could! Your review makes me want to add it to Ye Olde TBR, tho!
This book sounds wonderful. I will look for it. I went back to regency and Georgian novels. Returning to Jane Austen's contemporaries. I am trying to read Maria Edgeworth's books, She wrote a lot. Unfortunately, they are printed in the original volumes and many are part of a set of themes like Tales of a Fashionable Life. I have read a lot of the single story printed books. These are old and mostly out of print books, so they are printed up in small quantities. And they are expensive. Book Depository had a lot of them, and they are gone out of business. There are a lot more Victorian women writers than regency, it seems. Too many books, too little time.
I just finished Phoebe Junior, which is book #6. (The Perpetual Curate is #4, Miss Marjoribanks is #5). I think my favorites were The Doctor's Family and The Perpetual Curate. Phoebe Junior, altho not my favorite, has an interesting look at class and religion. It's set 20 years after Miss Marjoribanks. I read Hester, but I prefer the Carlingford books. Alice Vavasor is an interesting character--she's so frustrating at times! But watch out for Cousin George--the story really picks up toward the end.
Unlike the Church of England, which is Episcopalian, the Church of Scotland is Presbyterian, and the Free Church of Scotland, which Margaret Oliphant's family supported, were even more so. I wonder if that coloured her coverage of the Oxford Movement?
I also read Mrs. Oliphant’s “Miss Majoribanks”. It had repetitive prose but Miss Majoribank has one of the most emotionally intelligent characters I have ever encountered.
P.S. "Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter" by Sofi Laporte was HILARIOUS and very sweet and charming. I did a search on your channel, and I thought you were the one who recommended it, but if you didn't and haven't read it, I think you will appreciate it. It's historical "clean" romance with a twisty plot and great writing.
Really these videos you are doing with these Victorian classics nice to hear what you think about them .😊
I'm so eager to try Mrs. Oliphant!
Maybe one of the prompts for next Victober can be: read a Vuctorian author lower down on your tbr. 😅 I keep meaning to read Oliphant, but so many other authors are taking precedent. And Victorian novels do take some time to read!
I think this is such a good idea to space out your Victorian reads and not just try to cram everything into Victober. I never feel satisfied with the amount I'm able to read during that one month. I read the Warden last Victober and I'm waiting on Barchestor Towers to read next month. I'm currently reading Mary Barton and I'm enjoying it so much. Gaskell is great!
The only thing I've read by Mrs. Oliphant is "Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations" which was a collection of women authors writing about women authors. In it, Mrs. Lynn Linton (friend of Dickens who sold him Gads Hill Place) ROASTED George Eliot. As only a prim-and-proper Victorian could! Your review makes me want to add it to Ye Olde TBR, tho!
Thank you for the video.
This book sounds wonderful. I will look for it. I went back to regency and Georgian novels. Returning to Jane Austen's contemporaries. I am trying to read Maria Edgeworth's books, She wrote a lot. Unfortunately, they are printed in the original volumes and many are part of a set of themes like Tales of a Fashionable Life. I have read a lot of the single story printed books. These are old and mostly out of print books, so they are printed up in small quantities. And they are expensive. Book Depository had a lot of them, and they are gone out of business. There are a lot more Victorian women writers than regency, it seems. Too many books, too little time.
I just finished Phoebe Junior, which is book #6. (The Perpetual Curate is #4, Miss Marjoribanks is #5). I think my favorites were The Doctor's Family and The Perpetual Curate. Phoebe Junior, altho not my favorite, has an interesting look at class and religion. It's set 20 years after Miss Marjoribanks. I read Hester, but I prefer the Carlingford books. Alice Vavasor is an interesting character--she's so frustrating at times! But watch out for Cousin George--the story really picks up toward the end.
Unlike the Church of England, which is Episcopalian, the Church of Scotland is Presbyterian, and the Free Church of Scotland, which Margaret Oliphant's family supported, were even more so. I wonder if that coloured her coverage of the Oxford Movement?
I also read Mrs. Oliphant’s “Miss Majoribanks”. It had repetitive prose but Miss Majoribank has one of the most emotionally intelligent characters I have ever encountered.
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