All the Victorian Books I've Read

Подписаться 31 тыс.

Просмотров 4,3 тыс.

50% 1

#Victober
In which I tell you about ALL the Victorian books I’ve ever read . . .
--Books Mentioned--
(There are too many for me to link them all
so I’ll just list them down below)
Edwin Abbott:
Flatland
R. D. Blackmore:
Lorna Doone
Mary Elizabeth Braddon:
Lady Audley’s Secret
Anne Brontë:
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Agnes Grey
Charlotte Brontë:
Villette
Jane Eyre
Shirley
The Professor
Sandcliffe Hotel
Emily Brontë:
Wuthering Heights
The Brontë sisters:
Selected Poems
Rhoda Broughton:
The Twilight Stories/Tales of Christmas Eve
Lewis Carroll:
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Wilkie Collins:
The Moonstone
The Woman in White
Poor Miss Finch
No Name
The Two Destinies
Joseph Conrad:
Heart of Darkness
Dinah Mullock Craik:
Olive
John Hallifax, Gentleman
Hannah Cullwick:
The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, Maidservant
Charles Dickens:
Pickwick Papers
Oliver Twist
Nicholas Nickleby
The Old Curiosity Shop
Barnaby Rudge
Martin Chuzzlwit
Dombey and Son
David Copperfield
Bleak House
Hard Times
Little Dorrit
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Our Mutual Friend
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
A Christmas Carol
The Chimes
The Cricket on the Hearth
The Battle of Life
The Haunted Man
The Uncommercial Traveller
Doctor Marigold and Other Stories
Amy Dillwyn:
Jill
The Rebecca Rioter
Benjamin Disraeli:
Sybil
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of Four
The Hound of the Baskervilles
George Du Maurier:
Trilby
George Eliot:
Daniel Deronda
Adam Bede
The Mill on the Floss
Middlemarch
Silas Marner
Andrew Forester:
The Female Detective
Elizabeth Gaskell:
North and South
Wives and Daughters
Mary Barton
Ruth
Sylvia’s Lovers
A Dark Night’s Work
Cranford
Mr Harrison’s Confessions
The Moorland Cottage
My Lady Ludlow
Lois the Witch
Cousin Phillis
The Grey Woman
The Poor Clare
Christmas Storms and Sunshine and Other Stories
The Life of Charlotte Bronte
George Gissing:
The Nether World
New Grub Street
The Odd Women
George and Weedon Grossmith:
Diary of a Nobody
Thomas Hardy:
Jude the Obscure
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Woodlanders
Desperate Remedies
The Return of the Native
The Hand of Ethel Berta
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Trumpet-Major
Two on a Tower
Under the Greenwood Tree
A Pair of Blue Eyes
A Laodicean
The Well-Beloved
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
The Withered Arm and Other Stories
Wessex Tales
Richard Jefferies:
After London, or Wild England
Jerome K. Jerome:
Three Men in a Boat
Geraldine Jewsbury:
The Half Sisters
Zoe
Charles Kingsley:
The Water Babies
Rudyard Kipling:
Kim
The Jungle Book
The Light That Failed
The Gate of a Hundred Sorrows
Selected Poems
J. Sheridan Le Fanu:
Uncle Silas
Carmilla
Green Tea
Amy Levy:
Reuban Sachs
Gerard Manley Hopkins:
When Kingfishers Catch Fire
Harriet Marniteau:
Deerbrook
Henry Mayhew:
Of Street Pieman
George McDonald:
Alec Forbes of Howglen
George Meredith:
The Egoist
Modern Love and Other Poems
George Moore:
Esther Waters
Drama in Muslin
William Morris:
News From Nowhere
Margaret Oliphant:
Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamond
The Mystery of Mrs Blencarrow
The Doctor’s Family
The Rector
Salem Chapel
Miss Marjoribanks
Hester
Allen Rain:
Garthowen
Christina Rosetti:
Collected Poems
George Bernard Shaw:
The Philanderer
Widower's Houses
Mrs Warren's Profession
Robert Louis Stevenson:
The Curious Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Treasure Island
Bram Stocker:
Dracula
William Makepeace Thackery:
Vanity Fair
Anthony Trollope:
Christmas at Thompson Hall
The Warden
Barchester Towers
Doctor Thorne
Framley Parsonage
The Small House at Allington
Last Chronicle of Barset
Can You Forgive Her?
Phineas Finn
The Eustace Diamonds
Phineas Redux
The Prime Minister
The Duke’s Children
Cousin Henry
Miss Mackenzie
Is He Popenjoy?
The Way We Live Now
He Knew He Was Right
Doctor Whortle’s School
Rachel Ray
The American Senator
The Belton Estate
The Claverings
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
Frances Trollope:
Widow Barnaby
H.G. Wells:
The Time Machine
The War of the Worlds
Love and Mr Lewisham
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Invisible Man
Oscar Wilde:
A Picture of Dorian Gray
The Selfish Giant
Lord Sackville's Crime
The Importance of Being Earnest
A Woman of No Importance
Lady Windermere's Fan
An Ideal Husband
Salome
A Florentine Tragedy
Ellen Wood:
East Lynne
--General links--
My website: www.katielumsde...
Facebook: / justbooksandthings
Twitter: / katiejlumsden
Instragram: / katiejlumsden
Goodreads: / katie-lumsden
NaNoWriMo: nanowrimo.org/p...
Foyles Affiliate link: www.awin1.com/c...
Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com

Опубликовано:

4 окт 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 134

@jenniferbrooks 4 года назад

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't care for Dracula! This was so detailed! It makes me want to create a spreadsheet and track my Victorian reading. There are so many good titles here that I'm looking forward to.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks Jennifer :) I found it so fun to put together!

@jeanetter.2420 4 года назад

I love me some Oscar Wilde. I read The Canterville Ghost to get into the spirit of Victober. As an American, I was greatly amused at the way the American family was portrayed. I'd forgotten how funny Wilde can be.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Yes I really need to read that one!

@SophiaClef 4 года назад

Well, now I have a TBR for the next 10 Victobers...

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha thank you.

@eymophilia4952 4 года назад

You don't know how precious your videos are for a French man who can't find anything in Victorian Litterature translated in french but the Brontë sisters and Dickens, and sometimes one or two Gaskell's novel. It's just like a dream. Keep it up 💪

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thank you!

@brianhaas1154 4 года назад

I would recommend trying Dracula again. It's possible you disliked it because you were expecting a horror novel, which it isn't. Dracula is more of a mystery/detective novel. Film adaptations have somewhat ruined Stoker's work imo.

@lynnlilley2664 4 года назад

I read Dracula for the first time this year and loved it , I will be reading it again!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

So, that definitely wasn't why I didn't like it (indeed, I don't love horror myself, so that would put me off rather than anything else!) I have in fact read it at least twice - I studied it at A level and I just hated it, found the ending really frustrating and all the female characters drove me round the bend I thought they were so awfully portrayed - but saying that I do wonder if I would find it interesting more than just annoying on a reread now I'm a bit older. I'm not sure.

@LuminousLibro 4 года назад

And my Victorian TBR just got much larger! I'm going on a Gutenburg hunt for some of these.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha enjoy :)

@bugsby4663 4 года назад

Thank you so much. I have now ordered so many free books from Amazon that my Kindle has probably had a breakdown.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha sorry XD

@novellenovels 4 года назад

Wow you have read so many amazing Victorian books and loads of authors and books that I love

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks Emily!

@AllyJC 4 года назад

If you are looking for something of Henry Mayhew's, I'd recommend London Labour and the London Poor. Although it's primarily a social commentary, Mayhew uses several literary narrative devices common to the novel to tell the stories of the people interviewed for the book. As a result, the characters burst into life, their tales of hardship and woe are reminiscent of some of the poor wretches who inhabit works by other Victorian authors such as Dickens.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Yeah, that's the book I want to read. I believe what I've read by him is an extract from London Labour and the London Poor.

@arthurwright8827 2 года назад

“Flatland” by Edwin Abbott becomes more interesting if you’re into mathematics and also realize that he was criticizing the aristocracy in a way that would allow his head to remain attached to the rest of his body.

@evangelinepaschal1779 3 года назад

What an inspirational (and aspirational, for me) list! I’m curious if you plan to read any Charlotte Yonge. I’ve heard good things about her The Heir of Redclyffe. Apparently, Barbara Pym was quite a fan of hers (and I believe you enjoy BP). Your channel has inspired me to focus on Victorian novels this winter.

@katiejlumsden 3 года назад

I haven't read The Heir of Redclyffe but it is absolutely on my list!

@MLLatUtube 4 года назад

Wow! A great list - I was busy grabbing some more authors and titles for myself.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks!

@tomg1048 4 года назад

I love when you mention the dreaded The Mill on the Floss cuz l know the word despise is coming shortly.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Oh it just annoys me so much XD

@ReadABookGem 4 года назад

This was fascinating and impressive in equal measure! Thank you for sharing this. You are my go-to for Victorian book recommendations so this has given me a wealth of ideas! 😊

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks so much Gemma :)

@timmathis8789 4 года назад

OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@leas4699 3 года назад

Thank you thank you. I have to live to be a hundred to read the ones I downloaded from your list. Ill try...

@katiejlumsden 3 года назад

Ha well enjoy :)

@lindaklinedinst9236 4 года назад

I love this Video - Thank You for Doing this. My Victorian Book List just got longer - Happy Reading ❤️🔰❤️

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@MargaretPinard 4 года назад

"Drama in Muslin" ?? Well, at least that TITLE is compelling! LOL

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

It's a great one!

@markuswx1322 4 года назад

Surprised you didn't like Treasure Island. Originally a boys' book, but Gladstone was said to have stayed up late to finish it. Some of the clearest, most compact prose of the period.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

To be honest, I just found it really very dull!

@priyankathadani1054 4 года назад

This is the video that I have been waiting for! Now I have a good reading list to go through to decide the next book to read. Like you, I adore victorian literature. Unlike you, I did not start reading victorian literature until 2 years ago. So I am a bit behind. This reading list is just what I needed. Thank you.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks! I have been reading Victorian literature for about 13/14 years now, so I've had lots of time! Glad the list was helpful though!

@BJPDesigns 4 года назад

Thank you Katie! I enjoy reading Victorian books too. I wish your list was a link I could print from as I cant seem to copy it via my phone. I will write it out though as it’s excellent... I want to find more unknown Victorian authors and books.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much! The list is in the description in the video, you should be able to copy it from there into something else I think.

@mame-musing 4 года назад

@BJPDesigns: I was able to copy the list from Katie’s description box and paste it into a Word document when I opened You Tube on my laptop. Good luck - it’s a great list.

@BJPDesigns 4 года назад

I’m not able to copy and paste the list in the description box (or anything from youtube) from my iphone and have no computer or ipad. I appreciate the video and list though, it’s excellent. Thank you!

@VaskoBuk 4 года назад

Another great, and pretty useful - I may add - video. It would definitely help me find some hidden gems in Victorian literature. Apropos "Dracula", I wouldn't like to discourage you from giving it another chance, at least for me, however, it will most probably remain a one-and-done. Apart from the problematic views you'd mentioned on previous occasions, I would also add: - Drawn out and dull narrative (e.g. long, repetitive passages of pity and sorrow from one character to another); - Cheap "video game mechanics" (before there were video games!): that sequence where they jump from one of Dracula's London hideouts to the next, trying to spoil his "unholy dirt" brought from Romania; - Poor stylistic choices (e.g. the non-native speaker Dr. Van Helsing has an impressive English vocabulary, but somehow always fails to put the "s" in 3rd p. sg. of Present Simple); - Abrupt and unimpressive ending. I'm planning on giving Stoker a couple of more chances ("The Lair of the White Worm" and maybe a short story collection), but if I find more of the same I'm afraid I'll have to put him away, with some garlic in his mouth, for good measure. ;)

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Yeah I do remember the ending very much annoyed me in Dracula! I'm sort of curious to read it again out of interest, but I don't think I'll ever truly like it.

@artbyandia 4 года назад

I am ashamed to say I love victorian literature when I have read so little so far... hopefully that will change next year. Thanks for this list. So many books to check out!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks! But don't be - I feel like you can love a time period's literature/an area of literature on a few beloved books :)

@josuelopez1500 4 года назад

We don't deserve you. ❤️

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Aw thank you :)

@meghanthestorygirl4581 4 года назад

I continue to be impressed with all your Victorian literature knowledge!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks, Meghan!

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff 4 года назад

49 different Victorian authors...wow...by Jove! That is an impressive list of books. I think I've read about a dozen Victorian authors: Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte, George Gissing, Oscar Wilde, Wilkie Collins, George Eliot, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, H G Wells and Jerome K Jerome. I first read Oscar Wilde this #victober and I have Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte on my TBR shelf. I really need to read Elizabeth Gaskell, Anthony Trollope and some others...you've inspired my reading of "Our Mutual Friend" and George Gissing (the readalong) and now the novel I'm currently reading "Dombey and Son". Richard Jeffries' book sounds intriguing.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

That is still a lot of authors though! And you do need to read some Gaskell - her books are amazing.

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff 4 года назад

@@katiejlumsden Ros at Scallydandling about the books recommended Mary Barton because my grandparents on my father's side worked in the cotton mills of Halifax.

@areadersnotebook6808 4 года назад

A very impressive list, indeed.

@katiejlumsden 3 года назад

Thanks!

@RaineyDayReads 4 года назад

I just did my own stats for this and have only read 30, at least since I started keeping track of such things. Obviously I need to step up my game!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Haha I did read many of these as a teenager. I love keeping track, it's so fun.

@CharlieBrookReads 4 года назад

I loved seeing it listed like this . You have read so many amazing books . If you do re read Dracula I would love to see if you change your mind on it xx Thank you for sharing this list with us xxd

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks! I am curious to reread it sometime.

@TRPW 3 года назад

I've got 3 famous Victorian authors that you didn't mention H. Rider Haggard famous for his adventures set in colonial Africa especially She and King Solomon's Mines Anthony Hope who wrote The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau. I think he also created the imaginary European Kingdom of Ruritania which features in those books. Thomas Hughes whose most famous book is Tom Brown's Schooldays. The book features a school bully named Flashman who was borrowed by the writer George MacDonald Fraser and features in almost 20 Flashman novels about his further adventures. There's a couple of cycling themed novels from a couple of the novelists you mentioned Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome. The "Three Men" from Three Men and a Boat go on a cycling tour of Germany Wheels of Chance by H G Wells. A draper's assistant goes on a cycling holiday and meets a very pretty girl. Also there's a couple of non-Sherlock Conan Doyles that might be worth a look. The White Company set during the Hundred Years war The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard the first volume of short stories about a brave, noble and stupid officer in Napoleon's army

@katiejlumsden 3 года назад

Thanks for the recommendations! I must read Tom Brown's Schoolboys - that's been on my list for ages!

@MargaretPinard 4 года назад

"Despise with all my heart" YEEEEEET I can't remember if I've even read Mill on the Floss; perhaps I've repressed it?? Such a great amount of compiling and very helpful--thanks for the postage-stamp-sized resume and reviews 😍

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha the ending of The Mill on the Floss really bothers me. But glad you enjoyed this video :)

@KierTheScrivener 3 года назад

I loved this. I love classics but Victorian Era UK Authors is not my strong suit. A strong 22

@mackenziewangberg2970 4 года назад

Your list is so motivating! I definitely need to read more Victorian literature! It is my favorite!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much!

@Faye_L 4 года назад

I was today years old when I realized my beloved Joseph Conrad started writing in the Victorian era! I love him even more now. 🥰 I highly recommend absolutely everything he ever wrote, btw. People tend to read Heart of Darkness first and get put off, but he wrote so many wonderful novels!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Yes I must read more Joseph Conrad. I don't really remember The Heart of Darkness that well, to be honest, but I'd like to try his other works.

@melrose718 4 года назад

I am so impressed!! You are an amazing reader, and you are so young to have read all of these books, and I know many of them several times! This was a wonderful video & great idea, because it has literally given me the best list for Victorian literature. I have only read 44 off your list, better get crackin :)

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks so much! And 44 is still pretty good :P

@ChaoticBibliophile 4 года назад

I really liked this video. I could listen to you talk about Victorian literature for hours. Anthony Trollope is one of those authors that I wouldn’t be interested in if it weren’t for you. Maybe next Victober I’ll finally try one of his books!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much :) Trollope is amazing - highly recommend his works!

@MargaretPinard 4 года назад

173 books! Certifiably living in another century. YESSSSSSS. 💖

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

@LiteraryKnitterary 4 года назад

I love videos like this that are a comprehensive overview of an area of someone’s reading! I read two Oscar Wilde plays last week, and I’ll hopefully read Carmilla this week :)

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks! Enjoy Carmilla :)

@daisyflower4105 4 года назад

Phew! That was terrific! I’ve added a few to my reading list. PS I quite liked the Mill on the Floss but I can understand why you wouldn’t like it. It had quite a few dull patches...which I skipped over. ...and a strange ending.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Oh, the ending annoyed me very much! And I just got very frustrated with Maggie and felt like the structure was all wrong and I just did not get on with it!

@marianhreads 4 года назад

Wow, this is amazing!! 👏 Fantastic list. Now I have some new ideas to read. 😍 Also, if you liked Alice in Wonderland, you might enjoy Sylvie and Bruno... it's even weirder but very charming!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much! Sylvie and Bruno sounds intriguing.

@CharlotteBellPhD 4 года назад

Thanks for this video, added more to my TBR. My favourite author is dickens too. I just finished NO Thoroughfare which was brilliant. I’m sure you’ve read that

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

I actually haven't read No Thoroughfare, but I absolutely must!

@buchdrache1409 4 года назад

Incredible! Love this video!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@inanimatecarbongod 4 года назад

Gods, you're WAY ahead of me. My 19th century reading in general is a bit thin, and most of what I have read from the Victorian period is actually French or Russian or American rather than British. I can basically point to a bunch of Le Fanu stories and In a Glass Darkly (only just read that last week), three of Dickens' Xmas books, three Trollopes, Wuthering Heights, Vanity Fair, The Woman in White, the Alice books, Marius the Epicurean, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (if we want to count that as "British"), Jekyll & Hyde, The Mayor of Casterbridge, She, the early Sherlock Holmes books (except for Sign of Four), Dorian Gray (the book version and Wilde's actual original), Arthur Machen's early stuff, The Beetle by Richard Marsh (who I need to explore further), a couple of early Joseph Conrads, the same Wells books you mentioned (except for Mr Lewisham), a handful of other oddities, and not a word of George Eliot apart from an essay she wrote. There's gaps in there Jules Verne could fly a rocket through. And Dracula, which I attempted a long time ago when I failed to finish it. I really should give it another go. I suspect the problem may be that Bram Stoker just wasn't actually a great writer. I've read his Jewel of Seven Stars, which was unbalanced but readable, and The Lair of the White Worm, which was kind of deranged. The latter felt like an unfinished draft that been posthumously published, except it was actually published while Stoker was still alive. Maybe it *was* syphilis that got him after all...

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

To be fair, I basically spent my teenager years reading nothing but Victorian literature. You've still read many amazing Victorian books!

@StanGeorgiana 4 года назад

I got 34, all of them included in your list. Published on Facebook, under #Victober.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

@evelinmenezes9313 4 года назад

Amazing list! Curious that you changed your favorites by some authors like Thomas Hardy. I remember that the Mayor of Casterbridge was in a much lower position when you did the "Two weeks of Thomas Hardy" and that your favorite was, in addition to Jude the Obscure, Far from the Madding Crowd.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Oh, I wasn't ranking them here, the order was a bit all over the place. My favourite Hardy novel is Jude, with Far from the Madding Crowd a close second.

@evelinmenezes9313 4 года назад

@@katiejlumsden I know you didn't rank them here. But you said in this video that your favorite books by him were The Mayor of Casterbridge and Jude the Obscure, that's why I thought it was weird. I think it was a little mistake when you were talking ...

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Haha yeah looks like that was just a mistake. I completely missed this and meant to say Far from the Madding Crowd!

@chiyapink7607 4 года назад

I kept count during your list and I've read 21 of these authors. But far less Victorian booke over all (only a few of Dickens and Trollope for example) I think I've read more by Conrad, Doyle and Wilde though I'm not sure how much of those works are actually Victorian

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

21 authors is a lot :) I definitely need to read some more Conrad.

@johncrwarner 4 года назад

I am so disappointed I was hoping for a Victorian patter song in the style of Grossmith in the Savoy Operas! Especially with Nick on the guitar LOL No, it was interesting to hear your catalogue of Victorian books I picked out Rhoda Broughton for her ghost story collection and Henry Mayhew for his recording of the voices of ordinary London folk

@MargaretPinard 4 года назад

Yes, Henry Mayhew! His accounts sound fascinating and a great resource, the precursor to Maud Pember-Reeves.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Yes I definitely need to read more Henry Mayhew :)

@lewmalcolm9574 3 года назад

that's impressive!

@mame-musing 4 года назад

What a remarkably extensive list of Victorian literature. Thank you for sharing it in the drop down box. It’s a great reference. [If one doesn’t care about being a Bronte completist, is reading “The Professor” a worthwhile way to spend precious reading hours?]

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much! So, I rather liked The Professor - I do think it has a lot of cross-over with Villette and Villette is better, but I did enjoy The Professor. Not my favourite Bronte novel, but definitely worth a read!

@gulbeyyaz9432 4 года назад

Great video!x

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks!

@emilioalaniz9775 4 года назад

This. Is. Everything.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha thank you XD

@brianhaas1154 4 года назад

Reading challenge for next year's Victor: Read a Victorian novel that Katie has not read before.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Haha I like it.

@MargaretPinard 4 года назад

Oh--Barchester Towers is a series in itself?? I'm reading it for a buddyread in November with Kari of Kari-ng for Books. Checking... do I need to read The Warden before Barchester Towers? My copy starts with a chapter titled, "Who will be the next bishop?" Thanks for your help, Trollope Expert!!

@StanGeorgiana 4 года назад

You can read Barchester Towers, but I think it is more impactful if you read in the recommended order. You will be spoiled for The warden if you read firstly Barchester Towers. These 2 are the most linked in the series.

@MargaretPinard 4 года назад

@@StanGeorgiana Ah, thank you, @stangeorgiana! I will try to shoehorn The Warden into Victober somehow then... ☺️

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

I'd highly recommend reading The Warden before Barchester Towers - Barchester Towers is a very close sequel to The Warden and it will spoil The Warden a lot. I always recommend reading the whole series in order, but it's most important to read The Warden and Barchester Towers as they are very closely linked.

@izabelbrekilien9658 4 года назад

Waow, just waow ! I'm not there yet, but I'm aiming to ;)

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@enamoredhomemaker7085 4 года назад

I love this 😭♥️

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks!

@1book1review 4 года назад

That is impressive and just goes to show that it's impossible to read all the things I want to read.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much!

@danieljackson3367 4 года назад

Is The Mayor of Casterbridge ahead of Far From the Madding Crowd and The Woodlanders in your Hardy rankings now? I think it's my second favourite too (after Tess)!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Oh, these weren't ranked at all, this was just a list, so everything was in a slightly random order. The Mayor of Casterbridge is still somewhere in the middle in my ranking!

@danieljackson3367 4 года назад

@@katiejlumsden But you said explicitly in the video that Jude the Obscure and the Mayor of Casterbridge were your two favourite books by Hardy? Perhaps you meant another one?

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Oh, so I did! Completely missed that when editing - I definitely misspoke and meant Far From the Madding Crowd! Whoops!

@HamsavahiniVajraasthra 4 года назад

Namaste-dear, 179 Victorian books !!!!!!🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@dianewalker9154 4 года назад

I like Wilkie Collins, but he needed a really good editor! He tends to drone on for pages that do nothing to progress a character or the story. That drives me nuts.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha yes, I do agree! And some editor really should have told him to give The Two Destinies a different ending, too!