Such an excellent list. I just read Jane Eyre in January, and I completely love it! I'm just starting to get to know the Bronte sisters, and still have Wuthering Heights on my list and now I'm getting super excited about reading it.
Your opinion on the Brontës and even the order of rating are so accurate to mine. Simply love how TTOWH can be adorable at the first part with all the gossiping and such fun with Gilbert falling in love by Helen… but then is gets so serious and genuinely feminist. ❤
Moths is so good! I'll be interested to hear your thoughts if you do pick it up. I just watched your video on Wuthering Heights and completely agreed with everything you said.
The way you said “Sir!” When you addressed the cat, cracked me up 😂 You’ve really made me more interested to read Hard Times - a well paced, tight Dickens novel?! Sign me up. And I really need to read more Wilkie Collins.
I say that to both cats constantly. They're so naughty (but also cute and fluffy, so it's fine). And I know! I couldn't believe it when I was assigned it in undergrad. It's the book that made me start to like Dickens. My prior experiences had been Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities, neither of which went well.
You made me buy The Moth. When you read a part of it in one of your videos, I just had to have it. It's huge! I was a scorer for testing for student essays. They had to write an essay on the scene where Jane meets Mr Rodchester in the woods. One of the oldest miniseries of maybe the seventies was used. Jane narrated it. I loved it and as I scored the essays, those kids did a good job. I want that video but I can't seem to find it anywhere. It may cost a lot, but I loved that particular adaptation of Jane Eyre. My favorite Victorian novel is Wives and Daughters and Cranford and I do like North and South. I like Under the Greenwood Tree too. You can tell, I like happy endings.
Wilkie Collins is quite often left out and I cannot understand why. Good idea to start with The Woman in White followed with The Moonstone.....the rest is up for grabs !
@patsmith, My first Wilkie Collins was TWiW and I loved it, in is in my top five favourite novels . My second WIllie was a great disappointment : Poor Miss Finch; I followed that with the Moonstone, liked it a lot but never as much as TWiW. I have ten more Wilkie Collins books to read ! Glad you loved it. Kind regards.
I found The Tenant of Wildfell Hall very readable but also annoying because the wife returns to nurse her husband at the expense of her health.....she has,afterall,her son who she adores.
@@elizabethaliteraryprincess I've only read The Channings and really liked it. It was good to discover another Victorian classic author as I've read a lot of them over the years. Just started a Wilkie Collins to see the contrast.
@@davidrichards9654 A Beleaguered City is on my list of ones to read from Oliphant. It's been talked about in a few of the critical works I've read on her. I'll need to be in the right mood for it though; it sounds rather dark.
I didn't explain it because I don't want to give away the ending for people who haven't read it. Lots of people don't appreciate spoilers. I can't tell if you're joking or being serious with the "very rude" comment.
@@davidthom7127 The absolute irony of you calling me rude while being rude in my comment section. You're quite welcome to not watch my videos if you don't like how I choose to talk about books.
Such an excellent list. I just read Jane Eyre in January, and I completely love it! I'm just starting to get to know the Bronte sisters, and still have Wuthering Heights on my list and now I'm getting super excited about reading it.
Your opinion on the Brontës and even the order of rating are so accurate to mine. Simply love how TTOWH can be adorable at the first part with all the gossiping and such fun with Gilbert falling in love by Helen… but then is gets so serious and genuinely feminist. ❤
Such a wonderful list! I really need to read Moths, clearly :) And I totally agree with you on Wuthering Heights.
Moths is so good! I'll be interested to hear your thoughts if you do pick it up. I just watched your video on Wuthering Heights and completely agreed with everything you said.
The way you said “Sir!” When you addressed the cat, cracked me up 😂 You’ve really made me more interested to read Hard Times - a well paced, tight Dickens novel?! Sign me up. And I really need to read more Wilkie Collins.
I say that to both cats constantly. They're so naughty (but also cute and fluffy, so it's fine). And I know! I couldn't believe it when I was assigned it in undergrad. It's the book that made me start to like Dickens. My prior experiences had been Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities, neither of which went well.
You made me buy The Moth. When you read a part of it in one of your videos, I just had to have it. It's huge! I was a scorer for testing for student essays. They had to write an essay on the scene where Jane meets Mr Rodchester in the woods. One of the oldest miniseries of maybe the seventies was used. Jane narrated it. I loved it and as I scored the essays, those kids did a good job. I want that video but I can't seem to find it anywhere. It may cost a lot, but I loved that particular adaptation of Jane Eyre. My favorite Victorian novel is Wives and Daughters and Cranford and I do like North and South. I like Under the Greenwood Tree too. You can tell, I like happy endings.
I've done many of thees, but I have not read yet Woman in White and I cannot wait!
It's so good! Hope you enjoy it when you get to it!
Just added a bunch of books to my library. Thanks for the recommendations!
Hope you enjoy them!
Wilkie Collins is quite often left out and I cannot understand why.
Good idea to start with The Woman in White followed with The Moonstone.....the rest is up for grabs !
The Woman in White is one of my favourite books ever! Hope you get to read it soon!
@patsmith,
My first Wilkie Collins was TWiW and I loved it, in is in my top five favourite novels .
My second WIllie was a great disappointment : Poor Miss Finch; I followed that with the Moonstone, liked it a lot but never as much as TWiW.
I have ten more Wilkie Collins books to read !
Glad you loved it.
Kind regards.
I found The Tenant of Wildfell Hall very readable but also annoying because the wife returns to nurse her husband at the expense of her health.....she has,afterall,her son who she adores.
Will try! Thank you!!!
Who is the author of Moths? I can't find this book. Thanks:)
The author is Ouida (pen name for Maria Louise Rame).
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Mrs Henry Wood
I've only read East Lynne, and I need to give it a reread. Which of hers is your favorite?
@@elizabethaliteraryprincess I've only read The Channings and really liked it. It was good to discover another Victorian classic author as I've read a lot of them over the years. Just started a Wilkie Collins to see the contrast.
Mrs Oliphant's book A Beleaguered City was memorable and good, might of been a bit strange.
@@davidrichards9654 I'll have to look into The Channings. I love Wilkie Collins! I need to read more from him.
@@davidrichards9654 A Beleaguered City is on my list of ones to read from Oliphant. It's been talked about in a few of the critical works I've read on her. I'll need to be in the right mood for it though; it sounds rather dark.
Lost me at one book per author
@@ratherrapid ….okay?
You didn't explain what you hated about the ending of The Mill on the Floss. Very rude
I didn't explain it because I don't want to give away the ending for people who haven't read it. Lots of people don't appreciate spoilers. I can't tell if you're joking or being serious with the "very rude" comment.
@@elizabethaliteraryprincess I wasn't joking. You mentioned something then refuse to talk about it
@@davidthom7127 The absolute irony of you calling me rude while being rude in my comment section. You're quite welcome to not watch my videos if you don't like how I choose to talk about books.
@@elizabethaliteraryprincess 😮
I detest Wuthering Heights, but that is the beauty of subjectivity in reading tastes.🙂