Why I Love Victorian Literature

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#Victober
In which I talk about why I love Victorian Literature . . .
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--Authors Mentioned--
Charles Dickens: / 239579.charles_dickens
Anthony Trollope: / 20524.anthony_trollope
Elizabeth Gaskell: / 1413437.elizabeth_gaskell
Thomas Hardy: / 15905.thomas_hardy
George Gissing: / 4532116.george_gissing
Mary Elizabeth Braddon: / 45896.mary_elizabeth_b...
Wilkie Collins: / 4012.wilkie_collins
Charlotte Brontë: / 1036615.charlotte_bront_
Anne Brontë: / 8249.anne_bront_
Jerome K. Jerome: / 3352.jerome_k_jerome
Sir Arthur Conon Doyle: / 2448.arthur_conan_doyle
Edward Lear: / 142.edward_lear
George Grossmith: / 30762.george_grossmith
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@mame-musing 4 года назад

🤫There’s a rumor going around that Katie really loves to read Victorian novels, especially in October 😄 📚📚📚👀 Happy Victober 2020!

@davidmiranda4745 4 года назад

Escandalo!!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Happy Victober!

@katehowereads 4 года назад

Your last reason was so interesting - I had never thought of it before! But I definitely have experienced that reading more Victorian Literature begets more love for Victorian Literature. Happy Victober, Katie!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks Kate :) I'm pretty sure you I partially stole this video idea from you when did a video of the reasons why you love Victorian literature a year or two ago. So much love for Victorian literature :)

@BookishTexan 4 года назад

I have been looking forward to Victober so much this year. I often find Victorian literature to be comforting -- even though the period and novels were anything but. I think its because though the problems described in the books were quite serious and real they are often problems in which we have seen advances if not solutions. This gives me hope that we can overcome the seemingly intractable problems of today.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks! I find it comforting too - I wonder if it's because I read lots of it as a teenager so I find it nostalgic like other people find their old childhood favourites :)

@richarddelanet Год назад

Yeah like Zola's 'Nan'.

@divinedia 2 года назад

I love how passionate you are about it, you truly inspired me to read more about it

@taaptee 4 года назад

take a shot every time she says victorian haha but love this!! and ur enthusiasm for this!! you have singlehandedly ignited my love and interest for victorian literature

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much :)

@rachy5384 4 года назад

Me too! Honestly Katie I didn't think much about reading Victorian literature apart from the few I've read already (think 'Jane Eyre' namely), until I listened to your videos and subscribed. Now I'm reading 'Shirley' with everyone for our readalong and really enjoying it. Thank you

@petermladinic8249 2 года назад

All your loves for Victorian literature I’m seeing as I read Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her? From other videos I get the impression that, while you love the Victorians, you’re very modern and contemporary in your reading tastes. Keep up the fine work, Katie! Talking about important things (literature) in a genial yet compelling way!

@RaineyDayReads 4 года назад

I love it for its wit and the beauty of the language!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Very good reasons :)

@iceywang2554 4 года назад

I found you when I searched for historical fictions recommendations on RU-vid and I want to say I LOVE YOU! I’m so delighted to find you, you are such a gorgeous and amazing girl and I love your reading taste🥰

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks, hope you enjoy Victober!

3 года назад

I agree with ALL that u said! 💛 I want to do MA in Victorian Literature because I teach people to write SAT’s in my country, and I think that these books help to develop a “social sense”, afterall, the authors talk about all those society issues! Great video 🥰

@katiejlumsden 3 года назад

Thanks :)

@LuminousLibro 4 года назад

So many of the reasons you give are my own reasons for loving classics and Victorian lit, but I didn't know how to express it or analyze my feelings until you said it. haha! Thank you for expressing it so well, and for helping me to understand my own reading tastes a little better too!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha thank you :)

@richarddelanet Год назад

Nice video. Lots of things interesting and thoughtful, and also enthusiasm! : ) nice

@dejectioncatreads1758 4 года назад

I agree with you, I always find it hard to explain the plots and maybe that's why I avoid the blurb when reading classics because I've been spoiled a few times!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Me too! The plots are so great.

@izabelbrekilien9658 4 года назад

I caught the bug too - happy Victober ;)

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

And to you :)

@lilsvintageworld 4 года назад

Happy Victober!!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

And to you, Lil :)

@michaelgarcia2973 3 года назад

It was the film The French Lieutenants Woman that introduced me to the Victorian Period.

@katiejlumsden 3 года назад

I must read that some time.

@primustorus5116 3 года назад

I am a dabbler in Victoriana, but I'm a skeptic too, regarding it. I respect your views.

@rebeccamascull5296 3 года назад

I just found this via Instagram by complete accident! How fabulous! I'm a massive Victorian fan too. Dickens is my hero. 😍

@HannahsBooks 4 года назад

Seriously, you have been an enormous force for spreading the love of Victorian literature all over the world. I always thought of myself as a fairly knowledgeable reader (for an American), and you have broadened my knowledge so incredibly much. Thank you. Victober is a brilliant idea, and a brilliant month.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much, Hannah!

@melissahouse1296 4 года назад

And thats why i love this channel!. This makes me smile alot - this channel has further fueled my (fairly new) love of VL. Happy Victober!! : )))

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much :)

@2talldwarfs 4 года назад

I love how passionately you talk about Victorian Literature! You are the booktuber that I relate the most to , since you love Dickense ,Gaskell , Hardy and Brontës alot ... i am so happy to have known your channel ❤

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks Ellan! Dickens, Gaskell, Hardy and the Brontes are all so wonderful.

@charlenesims9063 4 года назад

I finally got into Elisabeth Gaskell so i am reading crandford. i started it in sept. and now on chapter 3. then my load book from the library is north and soth . i got no father than chapter 4 in the north and south novel.that i am going to read it again. once it comes in at my library. classic novels that i love to read are great to get an idea on how people lived, worked,and how the classes differ.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Gaskell is so great - hope you enjoy North and South this time around!

@ReadABookGem 4 года назад

I agree with every single one of these reasons! What a lovely video! Your enthusiasm is infectious and this was a perfect way to kick off Victober 😍 x

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks Gemma :)

@taylorrae3316 4 года назад

Happy Victober! 🍁🌜🖤🥧🍂🕯📚

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

And to you!

@goodstrongwords 4 года назад

Such a great introduction into Victober! I completely agree with everything you said. I love the way Victorian novels make you fall in love with them often in a slow, subtle way. You slowly get to know characters, and maybe feel a little bored. And then you reach a point where suddenly you just absolutely love it!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :) Victorian literature is so great.

@wordsofclover 4 года назад

You've really inspired me to read more Victorian literature. Your love for Victoria literature really shines through in this video and it was so lovely to watch and hear about.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks very much :)

@BlatantlyBookish 4 года назад

YES. Just YES to every single thing you said! I was going to film a video like this, but I'm pretty sure you just expressed all the same reasons better than I ever could.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha thanks :) Would love to see that video from you anyway though!

@meghanthestorygirl4581 4 года назад

I love Victorian literature so much and you are a big reason why! Thanks so much for the knowledgable enthusiasm that you bring to booktube ❤️

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks so much, Meghan :)

@lizlittle1641 4 года назад

I agree with you about Victorian literature being funny. Much of the dialogue is so funny.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks - it's so funny!

@CharlesHeathcote 4 года назад

Happy Victober! I am delighted that you love Victorian literature so much and that you chose to share your reasons with us today. Your enthusiasm is palpable and fills me with joy at the thought of exploring it more. I have never considered my own love of Victorian literature. Perhaps it's something I'll understand when I have read more, since currently I still think I've not explored enough outside of Dickens.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks, Charlie!

@jotaig8735 4 года назад

Hi Kate, such a delight to hear your love for Victorian literature! I love it too! Super excited it's my first victober. I've chosen and started yesterday - Hardy's 'under the greenwood tree' and 'the mayor of casterbridge' , must say I'm so enjoying them already! Have fun with your reads!😘

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks! Hope you enjoy Hardy - he's great.

@Dinadoesyoga 3 года назад

Thank you for affirming some of the countless reasons Victorian literature is the BEST. And I'm American, lol. Another huge reason I adore Vic lit is that there is often an underlying positive, spiritual current that counters the rigid religious morals and stereotypes. For example, Thomas Hardy consistently demonstrates a mystic, universal, dare I say yogic?, force that just fills my soul. ❤❤❤ Even dark, gothic lit has some beautiful spiritual insight that transcend the confines of religion, imo. Thank you for your wonderful insight!

@ladyredl3210 3 года назад

I feel the same way about the period! The crossover is so fun and amazing, isn't it?

@MilenaReads 4 года назад

That last one, ‘i love it i read it so i love it so i read it’ 😂. I love how excited you are in this video! Makes me excited as well, I haven’t read much beyond the Brontë sisters, but that’s going to change this month! 🍁📖

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :) Hope you enjoy Victober!

@MargaretPinard 4 года назад

This is such a great overview of the Best Qualities in Victorian Lit for Modern Readers! I'm linking for my TBR video with Victober reads 👏🏼👒

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@GunpowderFictionPlot 4 года назад

Your enthusiasm is infectious. I love the last point, I feel this is true of a lot of things, that's that aren't even bookish.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks guys!

@fr7823 3 года назад

FASCINATING!!

@jeffheller642 4 года назад

"I love therefore I read; I read therefore I love." You go, Katie!! Britain's reigning Ambassador of Literature

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha thanks!

@thetbrdiaries 4 года назад

I haven't had a chance to pick up a book yet today but this video has me SO excited to get stuck into my TBR! I really enjoy the way some Victorian novels really take their time to get into the plot too, and I don't think I would have realised this if I hadn't read a lot of Victorian literature last October as I don't think I would have picked up on that style without reading a lot at once to see the pattern. I love the writing too and find it very funny, though I am not sure how much of that is intended and how much is reading it through a 21st Century lens but I enjoy it either way! Great video 😊

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Hope you enjoy Victober!

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff 4 года назад

This will be my first Victober as a Booktuber , I began with "The Star" by H G Wells on audiobook... which seems a rather unVictorian way of accessing it...maybe I should have found it on a wax cylinder or something... "Little Dorritt" is waiting on my shelf for me to finish the wonderful "Dombey and Son". I also hope to read some of the writings of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, even if Dickens was critical of their work (interestingly his daughter Kate Dickens, a painter herself, posed for John Everett Millais on a number of occasions). I need to read Elizabeth Gaskell sometime. Thanks for the inspiration, now I have to go and take Diogenes for a walk...

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Hope you enjoy your first Victober :) Gaskell is so great!

@ria9924 4 года назад

Aww your enthusiasm is really contagious. Love it!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@teaandtypewriters2913 4 года назад

This video literally gave me chills because I agree with all of it!! This is my first Victober and I’m so excited (I actually commissioned a pfp of me in Victorian dress)!!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Oh how fun - enjoy your Victorian dress and Victober!

@nicolaknight6953 4 года назад

My best friend and I are doing a Bleak House buddy read for the month! Reading Lady Anna at the moment as well. :)

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Hope you enjoy them both :)

@GinaStanyerBooks 4 года назад

Love your enthusiasm about this topic!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks you :)

@lw3646 3 года назад

The 19th century was the century where the novel came into its own, largely driven by rising literacy rates and a growing middleclass who could afford to buy them. Also improved printing and publishing technology I assume helped. You get some of the very first children's books too like Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island and the Jungle Book.

@OAmoretNoctis1Izzy 4 года назад

Loved this video 💜

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@BookZealots 4 года назад

Your love of Victorian lit is circuitous for sure. 🤗📚 Thank you for sharing. I'm fairly a new reader to Victorian lit. I've read some Dickens, Stevenson, Bronte's, H.G. Wells and I'm sure a few others. But the many popular books on booktube I do not think I've read. I think I'm more familiar with American authors of this time period. Now that I think of it, I don't think many booktubers discuss. hmm 🤔

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@MLLatUtube 4 года назад

This is my first Victober and I am excited. I have gotten away from reading classics lately (except for Jane Austen) and I am eager to get back to Anthony Trollope, Wilkie Collins, and Elizabeth Gaskell in particular.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Trollope, Wilkie Collins and Gaskell are so great!

@tomreadsthings7145 4 года назад

Yay Victober is finally here! I agree with all your reasons for loving Victorian literature 😀

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks Tom :)

@paulapoetry 4 года назад

I love your videos so much, and your enthusiasm for Victorian literature. And I totally relate. Thank you for sharing. 😀💝💖

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@veronveritas3880 3 года назад

Take a shot every time she says 'fascinating'...Joke! Don't you'll be dead by the end of the video.

@teanlit2949 4 года назад

Happy Victober! I'm so excited about, I've just introduced my brother to Victorian literature and I think he's hooked 😅

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

That's great!

@emilykaterudov8159 4 года назад

Happy Victober!! :) My favourite time of year :)

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@StanGeorgiana 4 года назад

Victober has started 🎉 I am rereading Wuthering heights by Emily Bronte, I haven't read this in over 10 years I think.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Wuthering Heights is so great - I'm rereading it this year too.

@gonzalomelano8002 4 года назад

After watching this video I´m really motivated. It´s like I want to read every Victorian book on the face of the earth.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha thank you! :)

@novellenovels 4 года назад

I love Victorian literature so much and I so agree with you on all of these 😊

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks, Emily!

@bibliophilereads 4 года назад

I loved this video!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks Elli!

@Faye_L 4 года назад

YES to everything!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks Faye :)

@books_and_ki 4 года назад

Happy Victober!!! 13 is the perfect spooky number. As an Indian, I don't think much about British society at the time, we were colonised by them at the time. The books are good though!

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

There are so many great Victorian books.

@christinakaras6452 4 года назад

I do love a Victorian narrator.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Me too!

@MargaretPinard 4 года назад

Picking apart social problems--any modern authors you would nominate for carrying on this tradition, Katie? That might make a great discussion after this month 🤔

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

It definitely isn't something done so much nowadays!

@michaelgarcia2973 3 года назад

I bought the book novel of clara Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell Used

@DebMcDonald 4 года назад

Woke up this morning with a squeel***it’s Victober! Better than Christmas. There’s a 5 year old bay mare racehorse called Betsey Trotter 🐎. Hope she gets a run this month.

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Ha what a great name!

@lornam3637 4 года назад

Feeling so Victobery now 📚

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@sylviapeck1681 3 года назад

The very name Eustacia Vye -- stands alone. But I agree about the immensity of a really really really good plot, that lives up to the language of its making. But then I love Shakespeare. I know a doppelgänger for you. Face, chin, devotion, depth.

@katiejlumsden 3 года назад

Ha weird. Eustacia Vye is so interesting.

@caterinabuttitta9696 4 года назад

Hello. How are you? From the video you can see your passion for Victorian reading. I have in the reading list: Miss Austen by Gill Hornby, The mill on the Floss by George Eliot, The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Have you read any of these books?

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

I've read all of those by The Song of the Lark - I really enjoyed Miss Austen and The Woman in White, but I'm not really a fan of The Mill on the Floss.

@blaeckingceorl4161 3 года назад

I wish she had talked at least a little bit about what kind of literature she likes and why. I felt her quite reticent about it. :)

@johnsaxongitno4life588 4 года назад

Omg 😮 wow 😮 I have never ever agreed with someone so much who agrees with me 100 percent as you are I really enjoyed this amazing video please stay safe love 💖 John from Australia xxx

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Thanks John!

@johnsaxongitno4life588 4 года назад

Books and Things no worries 😉

@jessica-fcm 4 года назад

Hi I missed your videos!!! Can you give me recommendations on books similar to Jane Eyre or any book written by Charlotte Bronte (I absolutely loved Vilette and Shirley too)? I've read some Victorian books after finishing her books and nothing comes close or does it for me quite like Charlotte Bronte... I'm scared I will never feel about a book the way I felt about the ones written by her

@laura0104 4 года назад

Have you read North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and The tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë? Charlotte also wrote The professor, but it isn't as good as Jane Eyre or Shirley. I haven't read Villette yet, maybe I'll read it this month.

@jessica-fcm 4 года назад

@@laura0104 Hi María thank you so much for replying! I've read everything by all the Bronte sisters except The Professor (everyone says it's not that good) I haven't read North and South, but it has been on my wish list, and now that you recommend it I'll be sure to make it the next one I read, I'll try to start it this weekend!!! Thank you again for replying, have a beautiful day!!! ❤️

@jessica-fcm 4 года назад

@@laura0104 Also, you should read Vilette! It's a very somber and melancholy book, but I loved it a lot. Charlotte describes heartache and unrequited love in such a gut wrenching way, it's unparallelled

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

I highly recommend Olive by Dinah Mullock Craik if you like Jane Eyre, and North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. I also recommend The Half Sisters by Geraldine Jewsbury, and Jill by Amy Dillwyn.

@jessica-fcm 4 года назад

@@katiejlumsden Thank you so much Katie!! I'm writing everything down and will be reading everything you mentioned!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘

@edvardskryten7765 3 года назад

do you recommend any penny dreadfuls?

@InfiniteText 4 года назад

two authors who you don't like....I'm guessing George Eliot and....Stevenson or Stoker?

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Eliot and Stoker, I think! I have a mixed relationship with Stevenson - I didn't like Treasure Island but I am found of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

@MargaretPinard 4 года назад

YES to historical context! I've probably found the nonfiction analysis of 19th c British history to be more helpful, and add layers to my reading of Victorian novels. I think I'd be helpless and clueless without that helping step up! :)

@katiejlumsden 4 года назад

Yes, the historical context makes it so interesting!