Hello! I hope you are having a lovely summer. Here are all the gothic novels I have read this year so far. I've been wanting to chat about these books for a while.
Before I recommend the three books I think you will like (if you haven't read them already), I would like to say that I share the same fascination for gothic novels and ghost stories, and I wonder how it had become your favourite genre? Based on what you've said about byronic heroines, all the below titles have a female protagonist: 1. Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver 2. The Lost Ones by Anita Frank 3. The Whistling by Rebecca Netley If you read them, let me know which one is your favourite, please
@@bartoszmaslanka8394 It’s so nice to meet people who share the same interests 😭. Ever since I was a child I felt fascinated by death. I’ve always been so strange that people often ask my mother if I’m a changeling 😂. I think two books that were crucial in my life for making me love the gothic were the Grimm fairytales and Poe’s Narrative of A. Gordon Pym. Jane Eyre came later on. It was one of the first books that I read in English. After that, I couldn’t stop. Through this channel my interest has only grown because of people like you. I used to think not many people liked this genre. What about you? Why do you like this genre? Wakenhyrst has been on my list for the longest time. I think once I tried to buy it and it wasn’t available. I’m gonna try to find it again. How did you like it? I’m gonna add the other two to my list. I’m creating a TBR list with only gothic novels, so this is very helpful. Thank you!!
@@evasliteraryparlour The fairy tales of the brothers Grimm and Poe's short stories played a vital role in my childchood, too! Later came Stephen King and less mainstream Clive Barker, laying solid foundations for my budding interest in the horror novels. Dark romanticism, mystery, secrecy, love, death, tragedy, melancholy, witchcraft, big manor houses or castles and their enormous country estates (although the story can take place in a family home in your neighbourhood), an exploration into a hidden nature of humankind... the list goes on and is by no means exhaustive, however, the most important factor which I love about gothic is the interference of supernatural into the ordinary :) Wakenhyrst follows a smart girl named Muad throughout her childchood into the adulthood. The action resolves around the discovery in the fen and Muad's reading entries of her father's diary as he slowly succumbs to madness while she tries to save ... not to spoil too much it is a great book, however 'The Silent Companions' is more effective in my opinion. I have a vast collection of gothic books so if you ever need a suggestion, please get in touch :) If you are not be able to find a copy of Wakenhyrst, I'll send you one :)
I finished the video…even better than the “sample” I made my first comment on. 1. Read Faulkner during finals-I am impressed. Faulkner is just hard to read. 2. I live by Kindle samples. With vision issues, I need ebooks so that I can read and samples are an economical way to see if I like the book. 3. I would like to make a suggestion. I bought a book from Amazon based on your recommendation. Video creators, like yourself, can become “partners” with Amazon, so when a person buys a book from Amazon using a link in your RU-vid video description, you get paid. There are RU-vid videos explaining the step-by-step process. You are doing the work and you are an Official Influencer, you might as well get paid for it. 4. Love the dog. Hope to see more of him/her as I am, now, an official subscriber. Thanks, again, for the wonderful video.
Thank you for your comment and for the suggestion about the amazon partnership. I never thought about it. I will look into it. ☺ I hope you like the book you bought. I'm always afraid to suggest books because I don't want to waste people's time by making them read something they don't like. 🥲
@@evasliteraryparlour The one thing I did not mention was that I appreciate your honesty in talking about the book and what you did or did not like about it. That was very helpful. Like you said, use samples-they are not always the perfect guide, but you can usually tell when you like or don’t like a book. I bought “Absalom, Absalom” by Faulkner. It would not have been something I thought about without your recommendation. Thanks.
I'm currently in the middle of the overall Vampire Chronicles. I started The Witching Hour way back in January and am going to pick it up again soon. I found myself not reading anything else, not getting other reading done so I set it aside for the time being; I'm about halfway through. I love the series and it has become my favorite adult series! (I say adult to differentiate from YA.) Interview With The Vampire is still my favorite of the series so far. I have the rest of the Mayfair Witches trilogy to read, then Merrick, and then I'm really looking forward to Blood & Gold, which is Marius' book! I really liked The Vampire Armand and I also really like the character Pandora. I've become so fascinated with Marius and am excited to read his story when I get to it! I absolutely love Anne Rice's writing
I really appreciate this video. There are lots of videos about old Gothic novels, but next to nothing about contemporary writing. Thanks for all your hard work in making these videos.
You are the queen of reading gothic books and you’ve given me some great picks to add to my TBR. The woman in white is on my bookshelf and I can't wait to get to it this summer. Thanks for sharing this list love💕
HAHAHA not long ago, my best friend told me she was going to call me The Queen of the Damned 😂. Thank you for watching, Kelly! I hope you enjoy The Woman in White. It is not perfect, but it was a relaxing reading to me.
I don’t mind having an accent, but it bothers me how often it changes 😅. I only use English to study but never to talk to other people, so my brain keeps imitating whatever accent I’m hearing the most at that time. It’s honestly embarrassing 🙈.
