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Wow, this book sounds right up my alley. Thanks for sharing it!

Added to my tbr. Thanks!

I started reading the book after watching a conversation between Clarkson and Malcom Guite, but DNF because I felt I was not grasping her concepts. Like you, I’m a lover of words and language so I was surprised and disappointed that I wasn’t enjoying it. Maybe the timing just wasn’t right. Thanks to your encouragement I will give it another try.

I've been wanting to read this book for a while! Great review, makes me even more eager to read it.

🎉🎉 so glad you loved it. It’s one of my favorites! The Netflix adaptation is really well done too.

I am loving your reviews! 😊

I read this book a few years ago at the recommendation of a friend. I don’t know why I didn’t want to read it at the time but forced myself to anyway. By the end of the book I felt so sad the story had ended and felt myself attached to the characters. I’m also in a classics phase and have a hard time reading modern literature.

Yay!! The camping looked like so much fun… except that terrifying spider 😅. I’m glad you liked Guernsey.

That spider!!!! 😱 I'm so glad you've been enjoying Guernsey, I've enjoyed that one and want to re-read it soon!

This is a series I wish I could read again for the first time!

"Please, Catherine. Appear before me and tear me asunder. Let me see your eyes as I expire."

Great review! I love this series so much too.

I just added this series to my 40 books to read before turning 40 list! I love how each story relates to one from the Bible.

Thanks for sharing the publication order! Adding this to my 2025 plans.

I read the series for the first time with my son last year. We loved it so much that he is insisting that my 16 year old daughter read them as well. She plans to start this week. She has watched the movies with me over the years, but Prince Caspian & Dawn Treader are so different from the books. The Prince Caspian movie really did Peter dirty, considering he is amazing by comparison in the book.

Your review is so encouraging and has inspired me to give Paradise Lost a try. Thank you.

Great video! I'm not religious but agree with pretty much everything you said, especially regarding Nelly.

Interesting!!! Thank you for a great review, looking forward to this book!!!

I knew I recognized the Cello music in your intro, which I love. The film "Byron" (2003) had that same piece of music. It's beautiful, thank you.

Exactly! Frankenstein is so different than I expected too. I haven’t read The Abolition of Man yet. I have read excerpts, but not the whole thing. I need to get to it! Great review!

I've also just finished Frankenstein...and it was a revelation. The writing 👌 The themes 👌 The storytelling 👌 Loved it all.

I was very surprised by the events that actually happened in Frankenstein versus Hollywood's version when I finally read it last year. I was never a huge fan of Frankenstein until I decided to read the book. I love the book! Mary Shelley did such a wonderful job evoking both compassion and revulsion from her readers; not only towards the monster, but towards Frankenstein himself and his actions as well. I love that it is a book that makes a person think about humanity and morality. Great review!

These are all so good!!

Yes, Study in Scarlet is the first one!

Oooh, I love mysteries! My fave Holmes is Hound of the Baskervilles. I think you’ll enjoy Rebecca…very gothic with lengthy descriptive prose of scenery and it has a good mystery. My start with Agatha Christie was Murder on the Orient Express and I really enjoyed it. I think it was a good standalone to start with her books. Frankenstein is one of my fave classics. I hope you have a fun month of reading. 🧡🌻

I agree with all your insights! I read this a couple years ago and I was not ready for the hot mess of that relationship. I read it because of the gothic influence and that was superb like you said, but I don’t think I’ll be rereading it. 😊 This October, for my gothic classics, I read Uncle Silas and Mysteries of Udolpho which I would reread.

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Frankenstein, Northanger Abbey, and Chronicles of Narnia. I love all those books. I love that you're doing mystery books right now. Maybe there's something in the air, because I have also been drawn to them lately! One of the books I'm currently reading is By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie, but I love Miss Marple! I plan to read one that involves her next. I hope you enjoy Sherlock Holmes, I've always loved those stories. If you haven't already, I would definitely consider reading Moonstone by Wilkie Collins at some point in the future. It's one of my favorite mysteries.

I love all your choices! The Potatoe Peel Pie is really great! I'm excited to see what you think of all of your choices. I've read most of them but not Gaudy Night yet.

Yes, mood reading is the best sometimes. It doesn't feel like it's homework. I am right there with you in regards to reading some mysteries. I am gonna get to And then There Were None. And OH my gosh, maybe possibly I should read Rebecca as well. These were some excellent picks Haley, perfect for November's cozy month. And please do the reading and camping vlog! 🏕

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Great review! The writing in this book is fantastic, whether you like these characters or not. The book is crafted beautifully.

Jane Eyre is my favorite book as well. If you like Charlotte Brontë you need to read Villette, which is the last novel she wrote before her untimely death; it's an amazing book. Jane Eyre remains my favorite because I read it when I was 12 so it really influenced me as a person, however I do believe that Villette is better from a literary point of view; I love that book so much. I also recommend Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, it's a great book too, and I totally love Gabriel Oak, one of the main characters, plus he displays some very Christian-lile qualities. Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame are a must as well, both have a very interesting take on Christianity and were written by a man who was not religious yet his faith in God was very strong. If you want something a little lighter I suggest all the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels as well as some of Jules Verne's books. Shakespeare shouldn't be forgotten either: I was so much into Hamlet when I was around 12 that my younger siblings and I would act out some of the scenes. I grew up reading only classical books (mostly 19th century British and French literature); nowadays I read mostly contemporary fantasy and mystery novels but my love for the classics remains.

Read the book in class in grade 8 and loved it. There is a love story, but it's not a romance book. It's a story of family - the good, the bad, and how emotions can lead us down dark paths if we're not careful. Liked your review, especially the comments about Nelly.

I'm not a fan of 'Wuthering Heights' I read it as a child and I've studied it. I'm team 'Jane Eyre' because I can root for her, I also love the way Charlotte Bronte represents religion in that book.

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I do hope you will read Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to complete the trio! As a Christian, it would be right up your alley, and in many ways it's just as remarkable as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.

Great insight! There are definitely things you captured in thought that I missed when I read it. I think this calls for me having to read it again!

Yes! Her writing is what does it for me. She was so talented.

The scene of Nelly breaking into Cathy Jr.’s chest, finding her and Linton’s loveletters and sadistically tormenting her gives a very shocking view into victorian child-hatred

I read this for the first time almost 2 years ago. Emily has a beautiful writing style! However, I also feel like I should give a warning anytime I recommend this book to someone 😂

When it came out the book was hated; it showed domesticity in a light not then liked. Great book, and often difficult to follow with the names! [Well, I struggled]. Thanks for your thoughts.

Oh man, you've got me wanting to re-read it now, just for that atmosphere and Emily's poetic writing!

Wurthering Heights has some significant twists, but Jane Eyre is also my favorite and I did not read them until I was in my 40s. 😊

Read this one earlier this year after seeing Autumn at The Commonplace recommend it. And then I actually found a copy for free at my local thrift store.

Hi Humbly Haley...I love reading a classic..right now I'm watching Johnny Depp in the 1999 film The Ninth Gate

This is on my reading list

I loved Northanger Abby hope you love it too. I also need to read more Victorian novels. I feel like I'll love all of them.

Just found your channel, therefore kia or from New Zealand. My daughter loves Austen and is always wanting me to read more of her. I suppose I must! Kia ora, and subbed.

“And that’s the literary way to flirt with your man.” 😂 Loved this!

I read that this year as well as the Lewis book about it. There were parts I didn’t like as much, and other parts that I thought were beautifully written and fascinating.