This was so fun Katie! The epigraphs in Victorian novels are such a gold mine. I hadn't heard of several of these publishers. It's fun to have finding obscure Victorian novels as a hobby.
T.S. Eliot's working title for The Waste Land was "He do the police in different voices." which is of course a line spoken by Betty Higden when speaking about Sloppy in Our Mutual Friend.
You are my source of Victorian literature. Thank you. I too loved Olive. We share the same affliction and I saw what it was like to live with it in her time and circumstance. The best quote for me is: “shame for that personal imperfection with which nature has marked her from birth and which forgotten in an hour by those who learned to love her”.
Katie, a source that's new to me is The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction by John Sutherland. The introduction says, "This guide puts into play some 900 novelists and, with long or short summary, some 3500 novels." It's a one-volume encyclopedia. It's the kind of thing you can just flip through and read here and there. Check it out.
Great video! I discovered more obscure authors like Gaskell, Collins, Gissing, Braddon and Oliphant via the old AOL book chat rooms, like Book Nook and Bookaccino. We spent hours talking about what we had read, what was on our TBR list, recommending authors to each other and sharing thoughts. Another place was reading about Victorian literature or Victorian society and looking through the bibliography of these books, which often eluded to obscure works (how I found all of Hardy's works). Last, but not least, going online and reading through random English literature syllabus' from various colleges garnered some more obscure titles. Also, Folio Society and Slightly Foxed print some lesser know but beloved Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian literature. Even if you don't buy from them, you can study their past publications lists and gather a nice list of titles!
Loved this! Before I got into booktube my tbr was mostly just books I'd heard of from reading other Victorian books. I love how you feel like you're filling in a jigsaw puzzle and the more you read the more references you get. While because Victorian authors were so prolific I'm still working my way through books written by many of my favourite authors!
Useful AND interesting! "Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations" by Mrs. Oliphant, re-published by Forgotten Books, gave a few names. Mrs. Oliphant, Mrs. Lynn Linton, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Macquoid, Mrs. Parr, Mrs. Marshall, Charlotte M. Yonge, Adeline Sergeant and Edna Lyall all wrote biographies on different authors. One of the more memorable ones was on George Eliot by Eliza Lynn Linton. It was so critical and judgmental that I had to look her up! Mrs. Oliphant wrote about the Bronte sisters. The other author biographies are: MRS. GASKELL MRS. CROWE MRS. ARCHER CLIVE MRS. HENRY WOOD LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON MRS. STRETTON ANNE MANNING DINAH MULOCK (MRS. CRAIK) JULIA KAVANAGH AMELIA BLANDFORD EDWARDS MRS. NORTON **A. L. O. E." (MISS TUCKER) MRS. EWING It gives a perspective on Victorian authors by other Victorian authors and not through the lens of modern English teacher's perspective. Well worth reading! :-)
I loved this video! I think I go about it in a pretty similar way, I get most of the recommendations during victober and just browsing classics editions! 😌
About 14 years ago I started working my way through the 2nd edition of Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. This has introduced me to so many incredible novels I just wouldn't have come across had I not bought it.
I feel like charity shops can have so many obscure classics, or at least enough to get you started down a rabbit hole! Glad to hear Honno Press getting some hype!
Looking at the popularity of authors and books in different decades could be a fun video! Lot's of work though, not sure how you'd find out all that though. I tend to use you or word of mouth with family. Though I did discover Gaskell as I needed a book with a title that had contrary elements in it and upon Googling found North and South.
In Wikipedia if you type in a year, say 1857 in literature it will show you a list of popular authors for that year in fiction, children's books, poetry and nonfiction.
I've often wondered where the name Bronte originated. It doesn't at first sound Irish or northern English but is apparently derived from the surname Prunty. Admiral Lord Nelson (no less!) had the title Duke of Bronte conferred on him by King Ferdinand of The Two Sicilies in 1799, Bronte being a place in Sicily which literally translates as "thunder". Do I get a gold star for most arcane and esoteric comment of the week?!
Sometimes Victorian novels that are out of print are available through sites like Abebooks or dont you like seconhand books. Zangwill is Jewish and gives a good look into the life of the Jewish community in the Victorian period.
Great suggestions! Thanks! I managed to finally find a second - hand copy of The Half Sisters by Oxford Press on the internet which I immediately ordered! I do hope it will reach my mail in Greece! Ever since Brexit, I find that orders from the uk are more difficult!
Talking about publishers catalogs: Have you heard of the indie publisher Victorian Secrets? I've read another book by Dinah Mullock Craik published by them recently, since I also loved Olive, and it was lovely as well.
@@katiejlumsden thanks for the reply. This time of year is perfect for James (along with Christmas 🎄) I would recommend "lost Hearts" and "whistle and I'll come to you".
I definitely started with my mother's book shelves and also what you call "publishers' lists" but I think of as the adverts in the back of other books I did start reading classics and Victorian literature before the Internet was a thing (I was 29 before Berners-Lee developed the WWW at CEN and 51 before I got a computer which was Internet capable) and a source of info was definitely encyclopedias and reference books
Many thanks (as always) for the latest entertaining and enlightening vlog. Gertrude Stein (a voracious bibliophile) had a morbid dread that she would one day run out of books to read. Do you ever wake in the night with the same worry? (Somehow i suspect not!)
mostly i find out about books because of you...and Jennifer brooks..yesterday i googled sensation novels...but i ve seen i read or will read many of them...currently i am reading Uncle silas by Sherian le Fanu...and just bought The Rose and the Key...but i still have a stack of books to read...i recently DNF' ed Northanger Abbey...it was so tedious...i am still in first half of book...will it get better haha? but thank you so much for the recommendations...and in depth insights of the books
Not sure if this is useful to anyone. There is a set of five volumes called "The World's Great Books" edited by Arthur Mee and J A Hammerton Publisher: Carmelite House in 1910. This has sample extracts and lists lots of different authors books many of which are Victorian. Loved your video thank you.
This was so fun Katie! The epigraphs in Victorian novels are such a gold mine. I hadn't heard of several of these publishers. It's fun to have finding obscure Victorian novels as a hobby.
T.S. Eliot's working title for The Waste Land was "He do the police in different voices." which is of course a line spoken by Betty Higden when speaking about Sloppy in Our Mutual Friend.
I definitely find fellow Booktubers have recommended most of my classics. You have shown me loads as well as Kate 😊
You are my source of Victorian literature. Thank you. I too loved Olive. We share the same affliction and I saw what it was like to live with it in her time and circumstance. The best quote for me is: “shame for that personal imperfection with which nature has marked her from birth and which forgotten in an hour by those who learned to love her”.
Thanks! I love Olive - what a book.
Katie, a source that's new to me is The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction by John Sutherland. The introduction says, "This guide puts into play some 900 novelists and, with long or short summary, some 3500 novels." It's a one-volume encyclopedia. It's the kind of thing you can just flip through and read here and there. Check it out.
Sounds so useful!
Your videos have been a great way for me to find victorian literature recommendations!
Great video! I discovered more obscure authors like Gaskell, Collins, Gissing, Braddon and Oliphant via the old AOL book chat rooms, like Book Nook and Bookaccino. We spent hours talking about what we had read, what was on our TBR list, recommending authors to each other and sharing thoughts. Another place was reading about Victorian literature or Victorian society and looking through the bibliography of these books, which often eluded to obscure works (how I found all of Hardy's works). Last, but not least, going online and reading through random English literature syllabus' from various colleges garnered some more obscure titles. Also, Folio Society and Slightly Foxed print some lesser know but beloved Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian literature. Even if you don't buy from them, you can study their past publications lists and gather a nice list of titles!
So interesting! I don't know Slightly Foxed well so I must look into them more :)
Loved this! Before I got into booktube my tbr was mostly just books I'd heard of from reading other Victorian books. I love how you feel like you're filling in a jigsaw puzzle and the more you read the more references you get. While because Victorian authors were so prolific I'm still working my way through books written by many of my favourite authors!
Thanks :)
Useful AND interesting! "Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations" by Mrs. Oliphant, re-published by Forgotten Books, gave a few names. Mrs. Oliphant, Mrs. Lynn Linton, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Macquoid, Mrs. Parr, Mrs. Marshall, Charlotte M. Yonge, Adeline Sergeant and Edna Lyall all wrote biographies on different authors. One of the more memorable ones was on George Eliot by Eliza Lynn Linton. It was so critical and judgmental that I had to look her up! Mrs. Oliphant wrote about the Bronte sisters. The other author biographies are:
MRS. GASKELL
MRS. CROWE
MRS. ARCHER CLIVE
MRS. HENRY WOOD
LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON MRS. STRETTON
ANNE MANNING
DINAH MULOCK (MRS. CRAIK)
JULIA KAVANAGH
AMELIA BLANDFORD EDWARDS
MRS. NORTON
**A. L. O. E." (MISS TUCKER)
MRS. EWING
It gives a perspective on Victorian authors by other Victorian authors and not through the lens of modern English teacher's perspective. Well worth reading! :-)
Ooo sounds interesting! I haven't heard of several of those, so looking forward to learning about them :)
Very interesting. Thanks very much for information and links. Looking forward to exploring Honno Press.
I loved this video! I think I go about it in a pretty similar way, I get most of the recommendations during victober and just browsing classics editions! 😌
You and Kate Howe are my go to for finding out about Victorian literature. Thanks for being helpful.
This was really neat to see your process. I'd love more videos like this!
Enjoyed this, Katie! And, I'm so glad you also write!
Thank you so much for the recommendations of books as well as TH-cam/BookTube creators!
About 14 years ago I started working my way through the 2nd edition of Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. This has introduced me to so many incredible novels I just wouldn't have come across had I not bought it.
I feel like charity shops can have so many obscure classics, or at least enough to get you started down a rabbit hole! Glad to hear Honno Press getting some hype!
That was to be suggestion also .
Very true, good thought!
Looking at the popularity of authors and books in different decades could be a fun video! Lot's of work though, not sure how you'd find out all that though. I tend to use you or word of mouth with family. Though I did discover Gaskell as I needed a book with a title that had contrary elements in it and upon Googling found North and South.
Wow, what a great idea! They come from so many sources, I bet it took a while to gather all the strands together for this video! :D
In Wikipedia if you type in a year, say 1857 in literature it will show you a list of popular authors for that year in fiction, children's books, poetry and nonfiction.
That is something I also use a lot - I completely forgot to mention it!
I've often wondered where the name Bronte originated. It doesn't at first sound Irish or northern English but is apparently derived from the surname Prunty. Admiral Lord Nelson (no less!) had the title Duke of Bronte conferred on him by King Ferdinand of The Two Sicilies in 1799, Bronte being a place in Sicily which literally translates as "thunder". Do I get a gold star for most arcane and esoteric comment of the week?!
Sometimes Victorian novels that are out of print are available through sites like Abebooks or dont you like seconhand books. Zangwill is Jewish and gives a good look into the life of the Jewish community in the Victorian period.
Great suggestions! Thanks! I managed to finally find a second - hand copy of The Half Sisters by Oxford Press on the internet which I immediately ordered! I do hope it will reach my mail in Greece! Ever since Brexit, I find that orders from the uk are more difficult!
Talking about publishers catalogs: Have you heard of the indie publisher Victorian Secrets? I've read another book by Dinah Mullock Craik published by them recently, since I also loved Olive, and it was lovely as well.
I have heard of them and forgotten about them, so definitely need to look into them properly!
Thank you for such a helpful video. I'll be using it as a resource for sure! 😊
Thanks!
First here! :) Yes, a useful video. Thank you. ;)
Love a bit of Dickens and M R James at this time of year. Do you? Whats your favourite?
I love Dickens very much. M.R. James I haven't really read!
@@katiejlumsden thanks for the reply. This time of year is perfect for James (along with Christmas 🎄) I would recommend "lost Hearts" and "whistle and I'll come to you".
I definitely started with my mother's book shelves
and also what you call "publishers' lists"
but I think of as the adverts in the back of other books
I did start reading classics and Victorian literature
before the Internet was a thing
(I was 29 before Berners-Lee developed the WWW at CEN
and 51 before I got a computer which was Internet capable)
and a source of info was definitely encyclopedias
and reference books
Love your book collection! Do you plan on getting more vintage books :)
Many thanks (as always) for the latest entertaining and enlightening vlog. Gertrude Stein (a voracious bibliophile) had a morbid dread that she would one day run out of books to read. Do you ever wake in the night with the same worry? (Somehow i suspect not!)
Never. There are far too many books to read!
This video was amazing and fantastic and I loved it please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 love your Australia fan John
Children of the Ghetto is a great read about the Jewish community livign in the East end of London.
I'm excited to read it!
Always love research especially book research
mostly i find out about books because of you...and Jennifer brooks..yesterday i googled sensation novels...but i ve seen i read or will read many of them...currently i am reading Uncle silas by Sherian le Fanu...and just bought The Rose and the Key...but i still have a stack of books to read...i recently DNF' ed Northanger Abbey...it was so tedious...i am still in first half of book...will it get better haha?
but thank you so much for the recommendations...and in depth insights of the books
I love Uncle Silas. I quite like Northanger Abbey but it's not my favourite Austen!
This is a very good Video on how to Find Victorian Literature. I do have some Penguin Classics on my Bookshelves.
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Not sure if this is useful to anyone. There is a set of five volumes called "The World's Great Books" edited by Arthur Mee and J A Hammerton Publisher: Carmelite House in 1910. This has sample extracts and lists lots of different authors books many of which are Victorian. Loved your video thank you.
This is really helpful!
Because I’m old and lazy, you are my chief resource 😘
Haha thank you!
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