Love this! I think, like for many, Jane Eyre was the first Victorian novel I read as a teenager, but it was really picking up Middlemarch much later in my forties that had such a profound effect on me and made me want to completely immerse myself in this period. It's wonderful that there are so many Victorian books and authors, I'll still be making my way through them even if I live to a ripe old age!
Thank you! And yes, I think so many readers have an introductory experience to Victorian Lit through Jane Eyre. I definitely have to reread Middlemarch now that I'm quite a bit older than I was the first time I read it. That's one of the beauties of Victorian Literature. It's such a prolific time period for literature that we'll be reading it for years and years to come! 🥰
You are the sweetest girl and I love watching you smile as you talk about the books you have read. I think my first intro into Victorian literature is Robert Lewis Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verse. Although I have never read Tale of Two Cities, I think that the best line is in the beginning of the book. 'It was the best of times, It was the worst of times."..... That has to be the most excellent and thought provoking quotes ever. I do think that Victorian lit is a lot easier to understand than Regency and Georgian. It just flows better, except when dialect and old terms are used that I do not know. I think my favorite Victorian book is Wives and Daughters followed by our latest read, The Way We LIve Now. I cried reading a couple of Gaskells books, the ones where the heroine died in the end. It made me want to throw the book at the wall. That's why Thomas Hardy and I have a complicated relationship.
Thank you so much! I've actually never read Stevenson's Child's Garden of Vers, but it sounds lovely. And you have excellent taste. I love Wives and Daughters and The Way We Live Now. 🥰
I always enjoy this tag! The first Victorian book I fell in love with was Jane Eyre. Another Victorian book I would recommend is Three Men in a Boat - very funny!
Yes! Jane Eyre is such a good gateway book to Victorian Literature! Unfortunately, I tried Three Men in a Boat last year or the year before and I just wasn't in the right headspace for it at the time.
Always recommend the brontes and Elizabeth Gaskell. I’m doing this at the start of November 💜
This is lovely! I’m glad I’m not the only one who cries at lots of Victorian literature 😅 I would love a long Barsetshire miniseries!
I loved hearing more about your journey ☺️ I really must watch that Our Mutual Friend adaptation!
This was delightful. It has been interesting to see how many people mention reading Jane Eyre as a key moment.
Love this! I think, like for many, Jane Eyre was the first Victorian novel I read as a teenager, but it was really picking up Middlemarch much later in my forties that had such a profound effect on me and made me want to completely immerse myself in this period. It's wonderful that there are so many Victorian books and authors, I'll still be making my way through them even if I live to a ripe old age!
Thank you! And yes, I think so many readers have an introductory experience to Victorian Lit through Jane Eyre. I definitely have to reread Middlemarch now that I'm quite a bit older than I was the first time I read it. That's one of the beauties of Victorian Literature. It's such a prolific time period for literature that we'll be reading it for years and years to come! 🥰
You are the sweetest girl and I love watching you smile as you talk about the books you have read. I think my first intro into Victorian literature is Robert Lewis Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verse. Although I have never read Tale of Two Cities, I think that the best line is in the beginning of the book. 'It was the best of times, It was the worst of times."..... That has to be the most excellent and thought provoking quotes ever. I do think that Victorian lit is a lot easier to understand than Regency and Georgian. It just flows better, except when dialect and old terms are used that I do not know. I think my favorite Victorian book is Wives and Daughters followed by our latest read, The Way We LIve Now. I cried reading a couple of Gaskells books, the ones where the heroine died in the end. It made me want to throw the book at the wall. That's why Thomas Hardy and I have a complicated relationship.
Thank you so much! I've actually never read Stevenson's Child's Garden of Vers, but it sounds lovely. And you have excellent taste. I love Wives and Daughters and The Way We Live Now. 🥰
I always enjoy this tag! The first Victorian book I fell in love with was Jane Eyre. Another Victorian book I would recommend is Three Men in a Boat - very funny!
Yes! Jane Eyre is such a good gateway book to Victorian Literature! Unfortunately, I tried Three Men in a Boat last year or the year before and I just wasn't in the right headspace for it at the time.