All My Victorian Books: Part 1

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  • Опубліковано 31 гру 2024

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  • @amandalavelle2638
    @amandalavelle2638 Рік тому +14

    Ahhh Kate, you do make this time of the year so so special for me. I do have friends who read and I can talk books with, but none of them read classics or Victorian literature (despite my best efforts), so I just so appreciate this time when I can share my Victorian literature love and ooh and ahhh over everyone else’s books. And get very jealous because I want to be reading all of them for myself 😊 xx

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому

      Thank you, Amanda! I feel the same way. Some reading friends but not many that read Victorian Literature.

  • @courte28
    @courte28 Рік тому +1

    I am reading MiddleMarch by George Elliot

  • @annespan65
    @annespan65 Рік тому +1

    Hey, Kate, your collection is so inspiring, I cannot wait to watch the next 2 videos in this series! And not to spend your money for you lol but the 2002 Folio Society editions of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels do contain illustrations. Not the lavish color illustrations found in FS' modern releases, alas, but a very generous number of black pen and ink illustrations. I will be wrapping up Wives and Daughters today and I will miss the Gibsons and Hamleys SO much! BTW that FS edition contains an illustration of Mrs. Goodenough and her crew gathered around a table which might be my favorite one, she looks exactly as I imagined!

  • @myrarucker7953
    @myrarucker7953 Рік тому +1

    Oh, I loved the Curiosity Shop!!!!!!

  • @BeDutch21
    @BeDutch21 Рік тому +5

    I could watch you go through your whole library in one sitting. Love this! It's so fun to see all the different editions!

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому

      Thank you, Bethany!! It's quite an eclectic group of books.

  • @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD
    @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD Рік тому +6

    I love seeing all of these!! You made me scurry to find a copy of The Heir of Redclyffe. I paid way too much for it ($40) but many of my books I find used for $5 so I splurged for a World Classics in very good condition.

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому

      I hope I haven't talked up Charlotte Mary Yonge too much 🤣🙈🤞

  • @josmith5992
    @josmith5992 Рік тому +1

    I love all the different editions, I know it looks good on a shelf when they are all the same but I like a bit of character 😉 throughly enjoying Salem’s Chapel, a quiet country story of a priest has turned into a sensation novel!

  • @sandra3616
    @sandra3616 Рік тому +1

    After hearing you talk about the Heir of Redclyffe quite a while ago, I wondered into a thrift store (don't know which one, but it wasn't a book shop specifically), and found a copy when I wasn't looking for it. Really cheap, too. Definitely $2or less - Cdn 😆. So glad I picked it up when the opportunity arose. Now to read it!

  • @Old_Scot
    @Old_Scot Рік тому +3

    Walter Scott is pre-Victorian (he died in 1832) but he is credited with inventing the historical fiction genre. Was the best-selling writer in Europe during his lifetime.

  • @nnjack9931
    @nnjack9931 Рік тому +2

    This is fantastic! And because of you, I read Lady Audley's Secret and loved it!!!

  • @kathleencraine7335
    @kathleencraine7335 Рік тому

    Ooh, I have the same Everyman's Library edition of The Life of Charlotte Bronte by "Mrs Gaskell" from 1966. It's a bit battered because it's a library discard, but it does have an introduction by writer May Sinclair.

  • @Leoslittlebooklife
    @Leoslittlebooklife Рік тому

    What a great idea, Kate, to show your collection. Loved watching this and can’t wait for the other ones!

  • @miriamelizabethreads
    @miriamelizabethreads Рік тому

    Kate, I wish I could peruse your entire book collection 😍

  • @scallydandlingaboutthebooks

    I really enjoyed the variety of editions you have Kate. Oh and I hope we get the Middlemarch video.

  • @fortheloveofclassics03
    @fortheloveofclassics03 Рік тому

    Love this and can’t wait for the others! Thank you for making Victober so special! 🧡 So far I have read The Picture of Dorian Gray with my classics book club (that will be quite the discussion tonight!) and I am about 1/4 of the way through Ruth by Gaskell. Enjoying her writing so much once again

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому

      So glad you're having a great start to Victober!

  • @jf8559
    @jf8559 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for this video, Kate! Really enjoying seeing your collection. Currently reading Far From The Madding Crowd and loving it so much.

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому

      So glad you enjoyed it! Far From the Madding Crowd is such a beautiful book!

  • @susanp7386
    @susanp7386 Рік тому

    I'm enjoying Victober so much, and I love your Victorian collection! I started Hester today and I love it so far (maybe not the bit where one of the characters is described as an "old woman" aged just 65...) so I was sorry to see in your Try a Chapter video that it didn't work for you. Thank goodness there are so many amazing things out there to choose from! Usually I just read whatever comes in as a reserve at the library, so I don't tend to plan my reading at all, but I'm enjoying making some choices during Victober and seeing them through.

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому +1

      I'm so delighted you're enjoying Victober! Yes, I'm keeping Hester in the hopes that one day I'll want to read it.

  • @gerrid9092
    @gerrid9092 Рік тому

    I can’t remember if I mentioned to you, but I stumbled upon Mrs Miles right after I saw your other video about it, I’ve got some things lined up for Victober, so I may hold off and hear what you think of it before I give it a try. Happy reading!

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому +1

      Wow! That is so cool! So the writing is absolutely amazing but it is a bit slow. I'm putting it on the back burner until November when I'll leisurely make .y way through it.

  • @melissahouse1296
    @melissahouse1296 Рік тому +1

    🤗Just want to say how much im enjoying your videos/ interviews etc & thank you for making Victober so special 🤓💖Im really loving Hester (Oliphant is new to me) so it sure wont be my last. Romola gets a bad rap but i loved it (my fave Eliot so far)😉👍😊

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому +1

      Thanks so much! I do work really hard on these but it absolutely always feels worth it seeing the lovely comments from people. I'm so glad you're enjoying Hester! I hope one day it clicks for me.

  • @michaelmccarty
    @michaelmccarty Рік тому

    Great collection! For my first Victober, I am reading Dracula, along with the Re:Dracula podcast and am loving it! I may also try Wuthering Heights if time allows...

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому

      Oooh! Dracula is just perfect for this time of year.

  • @meghanthestorygirl4581
    @meghanthestorygirl4581 Рік тому

    Can't wait to see more of these!

  • @suzannebousquet2710
    @suzannebousquet2710 Рік тому

    I tried reading Anthony Trollopes The Warden and DNF'd it; I am loving the group read however. I am also loving Odd Women.

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому +1

      So glad his writing is working for you more in the group read!

  • @Klongwell
    @Klongwell Рік тому

    Great video - I love to see your books! Who is the publisher for your edition of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, if you don’t mind sharing? It’s gorgeous!

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому +1

      Heron Books and published in 1970. No isbn number otherwise I would share that.

  • @teresaclark-kasch9088
    @teresaclark-kasch9088 Рік тому

    HI Kate, really enjoyed this video! Do you or your followers recommend an edition of Victorian novels worth collecting? I appreciate something with illustrations, notes, any extras that help immerse you in the story. Thank you.

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому

      Hi Teresa! Do you have a preference between hardbacks and paperbacks? Because the Barnes and Nobles paperbacks editions are always very floppy and have an introductory essay and notes included. Penguin black classics aren't as floppy but have good foot notes and usually an introduction.

  • @BookZealots
    @BookZealots Рік тому

    I'm in agreement with you. The exterioros of folio books are pretty, but other than buying it for the story, what do they offer for their exorbitant price? I had Wives and Daughter's on my tbr for victober, but the Trollope book is so big, I don't think I'll get to it.

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому +2

      I do think they're supposed to be especially sturdy?

    • @BookZealots
      @BookZealots Рік тому

      @@katehowereads and they have a case to protect the book lol

  • @amyofhearthridge
    @amyofhearthridge Рік тому

    So interesting to hear about each book, Kate! 🤓📚🩷 So far this Victober, I’m really enjoying the opening chapters of Women in White and actually, Emily Bronte’s poetry. ♥️ I read poetry weirdly, though, just for the sound, lovely words, vs. understanding. 😂 I don’t always totally understand it, but I’m ok with that since I reading it for other reasons. I need to try Aurora Floyd soon! 😍

    • @katehowereads
      @katehowereads  Рік тому

      Hey, however you enjoy poetry is working for you! I can't wait for what you continue to think of The Woman in White!