What a wonderful piece and what a brilliant performer! I’m amazed that a young girl would be expected to play such a piece. This idea of approaching a book from a different angle is pure genius, thank you!
Wow!!! What a wonderful treat!!! ❤ Thank you so much!!! My researcher's heart enjoyed the explanation of Dr Friesen's hunt for the piece with such vague information, almost the same amount that his magnificent playing of it 🙌 And listening to such a virtuous interpretation of the genius of a compositor from a while ago is like magic. When he played that last note I was at my apartment in Santiago Chile applauding with tears in my eyes ❤ Thank you Kate and Dr Friesen!! 🙏
Just watched this and loved your candor about whether each book was a hit or a miss! I’m excited to put Lady Audrey’s Secret and The Woman in White on a future reading list! ❤ I enjoyed The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, but more for my appreciation of Anne Bronte’s willingness to speak out about difficult issues rather than just conforming to what she was expected to say. Wuthering Heights, while I didn’t like the relationship itself, is the absolute quintessential BEST embodiment of the untamed wildness of the moors and nature versus civilized society that I’ve ever encountered.
Jane Eyre was my first Victorian novel that I read as a teenager, it's still my favourite book to this day (I'm 58 !). Of course, I read all the Brontës novels I could lay my hand on. Way back then, I also loved Conan Doyle but was disappointed by Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - I'll have to re-read it someday. Nowadays, Anthony Trollope is one of my favourites, Elizabeth Gaskell too and I also loved Middlemarch. I'm currently reading Oliver Twist and will probably get to Lady Audley's secret before the end of the year. Enjoy Victober 💜
Thanks Kate. I feel the same way about the tenant of wildfell hall... but i really loved Agnes Grey... Anyways thanks for a great video , brought back a lot of reading memories. Happy Victober!
What a unique and wonderful way to celebrate Victober! I love piano music and this is a beautiful performance. Thank you for introducing us to Darryl.🍂👏🏻🎼
That was fantastic- such talent. And well done Kate for yet again coming up with new and interesting Victober content despite having so much going on in your personal life. Truly appreciate your effort xx
I am blown away listening to this as I enjoy my Saturday morning coffee. Daryl is so amazingly talented. Thank you for researching this piece. I'm exhausted just watching you play it to perfection 😊
Loved this! It's interesting how different a perspective we each bring to our reading. I absolutely loved Tenant of Wildfell Hall both times I read it. It's been years now so I need to re-read it, but I am sure I will love it again when I do. On the other hand, the Heir of Redclyffe... That was a "dusted and done" moment for me when I finally finished it. While you appreciated the faith elements, I found them very preachy and moralistic, moreso than Alcott, and I can only handle so much of hers. 😂 Now don't get me wrong, I love a good faith filled novel, but I guess I just found Yonge's tone off-putting. But that is why where are different books and authors, because we as readers are all different! What speaks to some of us won't speak to others.
Oh my! How incredibly beautiful. Thank you so much, Darryl, for all your research and preparation so you might present this lovely piece to us. I am thankful for the love of literature and music you and Kate share (and share with us). ❤❤❤
What an inspired video thanks very much! I suspect the Scottish Air was adapted by Kalkbrenner, Interestingly as an English child we used to sing 'When Molly was a baby, a baby a baby, when Molly was a baby a baby was she, she went this away and that away and this way and that away, when Molly was baby a baby was she.' to what Dr Darryl Friesen called 'Did you ever see a Lassie.' which is perhaps why Elizabeth Gaskell had chosen the tune.
@@katehowereads I should have explained that a little better it was an action song, so Molly being a baby I would have done a rocking baby movement, Molly was a sweetheart, a swinging skirts movement, back to Molly being a mother, rocking movement. I wonder if perhaps as a children's song it, it was one Gaskell knew. She'd have been three generations before me, Manchester's about a two hour drive from here.
@@clarepotter7584 Oh how cool! I think it seems likely that she would have. They were much better about handing down songs orally then before electronic recordings of music.
What a treat! Thank you Kate! And a round of applause and special thanks to your friend Darryl. Wonderful to hear this virtuoso piece brought to life again from the past. Fantastic!
That was an absolute delight to listen to, what a treat! Thank you both, Kate and Darryl. ❤ (By all means feel free to make this the beginning of a series. 😉 hehe)
Peter and your whole family are in my thoughts, and I am hopeful for a quick healing for him. How wonderful that you have such great doctors! Your tbr this month and for the coming year is ambitious, and I hope you get to 200 by next year. You are an inspiration for Victorian literature lovers.
I'm with you on The Way We Live Now. I've been reading & loving Trollope for about 15 years and have read 36 of his novels so far. Novel #36 was The Way We Live Now, which I read for the first time this year and I HATED it. I have no intention of re-reading it, either, although I've re-read many of his other novels (including The Belton Estate--I love Clara & Will!).
This is great! And I have to remind you that my love for Gaskell and Collins came from you❣️❣️❣️ Man and Wife is definitely a novel I wish I could read again, for the first time. Thank you🧡💛🧡
Sounds like Trollope is hit and miss. Both An Old Man's Love and The Small House at Allington did not come together for me, but The American Senator is now one of my favorite novels of the latter half of my life. Thanx for the heads up on Charlotte Yonge! Hope you and yours are better soon. Your family has been in my prayers. It's always nice to see you pop up in my RU-vid feed.
These books are some of the most known books of the period. I loved The Way We live Now. I read Unnder the Greenwood Tree amd Wloved it. I don't remember the sinister line at the end but I know one could be there. Hardy ends all his novels sad and bad, but I like him.We have a complicated relationship. I've not read any Dickens besides Christmas Carol. And I've not read Wilkie Colins I'd love to read the female authors you showed. Especially Olipphant.
This is so fun! I remember starting with David Copperfield for Dickens and thinking this novel is HUGE...what have I gotten myself into?? 😂 Once I finish reading Dickens' novels at the end of this year, I can't wait to go back and re-read it next year. I think I'll pick up on so much I missed that first time. (It was one of my first Victorian novels too, so I really had no idea about the whole world!)
I think starting with Silas Marner, especially in my twenties was a good choice for Eliot! And I’m the same for Tenant Kate but - I’m rereading it in December so let’s see if my opinion changes or not, or if we can be outliers together 😉
Loved getting to know more about your first time experience with each of these authors! The Way We Live Now was one I didn't struggle with and sort of liked while reading it, but it had almost no staying power at all. I didn't particularly connect with any of the characters and have no inclination to revisit it. I had much better luck with the Barsetshire chronicles (The Warden was my first ever Trollope. I know Katie recommends that it not be so but thankfully I liked it well enough to carry on with the rest 😅) and two of Trollope's other stand-alones Dr Wortle's School & He Knew He Was Right With George Eliot, my first was Middlemarch, which I buddy read with a friend. My friend had an absolute blast with it but I had the misfortune of picking it up at one of the worst & most stressful periods I've had at work, so while I clearly saw its merit I couldn't enjoy it. The second was Adam Bede which I didn't get along with (Though I remember finding the Hetty storyline interesting). But hey, third time's a charm like they say 😂 It was Romola that sealed the deal for me and made me interested in seeking out more of her work With Dickens I've had my ups and downs. Some bored me to tears (*Hides in the corner and whispers* Little Dorrit) while others were a mixed bag. David Copperfield was either my first or second and it was part of hooked me on Victorian literature. I really want to reread it soon (it's been over a decade) and see if it holds up Of CMY's books I've only read Countess Kate, which I picked up last Victober. Didn't have much luck with that one but hopefully I'll have better luck with this year's pick, The Stokesley Secret
I love people's Reading Stories--the stories of their reading lives. My first Victorian novel was Jane Eyre, at the ripe old age of 9! I was completely involved with Jane's early life, at her aunt's and at Lowood, but then I don't think I really understood much of what happened after that, although I did make it to the end!
I'm so sorry to hear of Peter's diagnosis. Going through this with chronic illness sounds so hard. Being too tired to sit at the table doesn't sound ridiculous to me. Thank you for mentioning that - fatigue can be hard to talk about. It's wonderful that you and your family are able to share a love of literature together this Victober. Sending you and your family all good wishes! And thank you for hosting Victober (although no pressure to do any more hosting duties than what works best for you)!
So interesting you started with Oliver Twist! My Victorian novel and my first Dickens novel was Great Expectations, which I loved. I've had every tumultuous relationship with Dicken since. I want to love his work but I just don't and nothing has compared to Great Expectations.
Your description of C.M. Yonge's books makes me excited to read The Heir of Redclyffe with the group! I was underwhelmed reading Under the Greenwood Tree last Victober too, and that ending left a bad taste in my mouth. Is Daniel Deronda where you recommend people start with Eliot now? The only one I've read so far is Silas Marner. I read it in high school and then again about eight years ago.
I love this Kate! I commented to Chelsea that i admire you rereading books you didn't love and you've definitely inspired me to do the same in the future. I was in high school and read A Tale of Two Cities. I didn't love it then but some characters stayed in my mind all this time. I think i read some of Great Expectations but can't remember. As an adult i listened to Jane Eyre and dnf'd it😂 back in 2019 i think. Then in 2022 i fell in love with it reading with my eyes. I read several other Brontes in the past couple years and fell in love with Anne's books. I need to reread Wuthering Heights because i thought it was ok. I know it was because i was new to VicLit. Then i joined your patreon and down the rabbit hole i went with Gaskell and Eliot. In 2022 i read my first Hardy for Victober (The Mayor) and fell in love with Hardy minus "the book that shall not be named".😅 i didn't love Man and Wife by Collins last year but I enjoyed his writing enough to try The Moonstone this year and I'm really enjoying it!
Thanks so much for your Victober videos! This is my first time taking part. I decided upon reading some Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Speckled Band and A Study in Scarlet. I read The Study in Scarlet and really enjoyed it. Also Wilkie Collins The Law and the Lady, Parables of the Cross. I started Kilverts Diary and am really enjoying so far. Thx again for all your great suggestions, i love your channel.
Yes me too! I'm usually wanting to get rid of the book but Kate has inspired me to hold onto many a bit longer to see if it may be one I think of and will try again.
I had the Way We Live Now on my shelf for almost five years when I read The Warden and fell in love with Trollope. I finally read RWWLN last Victober and did not love it. Sooooo I'm so glad I started with Barset.
