I am always sorry to see Victober end too. Not that I can’t or don’t read a Victorian novel throughout the year, but I agree, there is something so special about the Victober reads.
Great wrap up! The Pallisers sounds... daunting. Still in Barchester myself; it will take a while to adjust when the time comes. I have Wylder's Hand ready to go at some point. New Arabian Nights I thought was good overall if rarher uneven. Victober has been a blast, big thanks to you and the rest of the hosting team 👍
Haven´t had a chance to participate this year so I am gonna do victober some other month for myself 😂 Would love to get my hands on The Parable of the Cross. Really enjoy listen to you talking about victorian books. Thank you ☺
I’m so happy you had such a successful Victober Kate, mine was too and that was due in part to our group and things like the Charley’s Aunt readalong! You know I’m with you on The Eustace Diamonds but am unusual in that I love the Phineas books 😉. Looking forward to trying some Ainsworth and Ellen Middleton!
Thank you Kate, I enjoyed hearing your Victober recommendations and I still have more that I want to read. I only read some Sherlock Holmes short stories and The Woman in White which took me ages.
Thank you Kate for so many wonderful recommendations for Victober. This was my first time to participate . My favorite bookshelf was Parables of the Cross. It was a book that blessed and challenged me. It will be a book I will read over and over again. I've greatly enjoyed your channel!
Kate, thank you for the Ellen Middleton recommendation! I was searching for a Victorian Catholic fiction book for my classic Catholic fiction recommendations. Currently sending a Project Guttenberg version to my Kindle. It is very much appreciated!!
I loved hearing about your reads! ❤ lol, whenever I film a booktube clip in the car, 9 times out of 10, someone will park next to me and play loud music. 😂
It really was a splendid Victober. I'm glad yours was good and gave you a lift. You read such a variety too. Charley's Aunt was a highlight for me too.
New to your channel, which I am finding interesting. In a previous video you gave favourable mention to E.B. Browning's Aurora Leigh and I wondered if you had read Robert Browning's verse novel The Ring and the Book which no less an authority than Robertson Davies thought was the best novel of the 19th century. Thanks for the time and trouble you take for this channel.
@@petertownsend181 I have read The Ring and the Book! It was quite an intense experience as the subject matter is quite harrowing. It's quite a remarkable book.
Hi, Kate! Hope you’re all doing well. I ordered Christina Rosetta’s Poems and Prose after hearing you talk about it in one of your recent videos. It sounds like it will be a perfect read for the quieter months of winter. I also joined your Patreon last week and already got Christmas at Thompson Hall for December. It will be my first Trollope! Im really looking forward to it.
Thankvyou for hosting Victober! It is such a lovely thing to look forward to. I extended Victober into January last year and probably will do the same this year 😂 im looking forward to reading Ellen Middleton and Percival Keene.
Thanks for hosting an amazing Victober Kate.. wow you read soo many books, well done 😃 Shame about the Eustace Diamonds, but really happy to hear about your reading experiences with Christina Rossetti and The Tower of London, that's awesome... thanks Kate, looking forward to the next Victober!! 😃🎩📚
Religious torture is always wrong, but the Protestant torture carried out under Queen Mary was a directly result of the actions of Henry VIII. The Ainsworth novel sounds right up my alley. Thanks for the recommendation. 😊
@@protagonistspub I think there are a lot of strong opinions about the actions of Catholics vs. Protestants and I don't think it's a very productive use of our time to debate it.
Oh, I'm so sad--the last Kate Victober opening that gives me chills every time! I'm so glad you had a great Victober (I did too!). Re: The Eustace Diamonds--totally agree with you--my least favorite Palliser. I agree with Katie and think you will enjoy The Prime Minister, and especially The Duke's Children, which is my favorite. From what I can tell, David Shaw-Parker has recorded the "complete text" version of The Duke's Children, which came out in 2017 and restores all the text Trollope had to cut out. The full story of the relationships between Mr Palliser and his children is so, so good. I'm in the midst of re-reading the series on audio, and The Eustace Diamonds (ugh) is up next...maybe I'll find something redeeming in the re-read...think of me! 😟
@@kathleencraine7335 oooh! That is so cool to know about the complete text being included in the audiobook! I think you can totally skip The Eustace Diamonds if it's bogging you down!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Christina Rosetti!! Want to buy Parables Of The Cross. Have you ever read any stories/bks. of the deaths of Protestant Martyrs? Like Tyndale, John Knox and any others? There are many, sadly. What faith to not recant.
So many novels I had not heard of! I am intrigued. I hate to say it but Phineas Redux was my least favorite, except for the end! The end is great! But you have to wade through so much to get there. I loved Plantagenet too! The Prime and The Duke’s Children really develop him and it is true those final 2 books make the whole series worth reading!
Hi Kate! I discovered your channel recently because in October I read Turn of the Screw and the Awakening. I am very interested in literature written during the Victorian era. I want to recommend a book if you haven’t read it already. It’s called Ishmael by E.D.E.N. Southworth, written in 1876. Fantastic read!! Wonderful characters, uplifting message.
Your reaction to The Eustace Diamonds confirms my decision not to read it. I liked Can you forgive her and surprised myself by really enjoying the 2 Phineas novels - the English politics and all! I absolutely loved The Prime Minister. The marriage relationship is so well drawn. I’m about to start the Dukes Children with my favourite narrator - yes Timothy West. I’m looking forward to ‘finishing’ the series without the need to complete all the books if that makes sense.
Thanx again for the Le Fanu recommendation of Uncle Silas. I'm currently reading his novella "The Dragon Volant" and he is, indeed, an enjoyable prose stylist. Glad to learn of Ellen Middleton, too. My massive Trollope misfire was The Small House at Allington. "Massive" being the key word. There was some good material in there, especially when it featured Trollope's autobiographical character, but, by far, the book was too overblown, especially for its frustrating ending after over 600 pages!!!. Was hoping for more from the Austen vibe of the basic premise: two poor family relations sisters who need to meet the right man. I really enjoyed the Austen-like storyline of The American Senator and adored its female protagonist. The wicked heroine of that book was really something, too, but the sisters of Allington were so bland, I was let down. Thanx again for another informative informal chat video. Always happy to see you pop up in my queue with a new entry. :)
@@katehowereads There are passages in The American Senator that were moving to me in the best, unique way that great prose fiction can reach right into your heart. One character's speech after suffering a kind of heart break I know a bit too well really reached across a century and a half and made me feel seen in a way no story ever has before...and I've read a LOT. It seems to me that in two of the plotlines, Trollope is doing two different takes on Estella from Great Expectations. In Dickens, we never really see her in action...destroying men's lives, you know - LOL!...but Trollope has a similar character, and boy, does she put on a show -- she makes Becky Sharp look like Donna Reed and Carol Brady. But there's this poignant situation with her where she's reaching, struggling....she ended up making me feel for her. The other young woman's story is "the good Estella." It's the storyline that was a bit redolent of Austen...especially the mother character, except she ain't silly...and I adored it. Hope you do get around to it one day. Would be interested in your thoughts. :)
@@katehowereads I hope you'll enjoy it too. It's not singled out among Trollope's works, and, of course, it's not a "name drop" Victorican classic like Oliver Twist, or Great Expectations, or Wuthering Heights, etc. The name of the book itself is kind of...awful. LOL! The American senator has his own plotline, but it's one of three. The title doesn't accurately reflect the book as a whole. A title like Middlemarch would have been better, since this is one of those books like that, and Emma, that takes you to a fictional town, and you feel like you've visited there when you've finished the book. Trollope's publisher wanted him to change the title, and toward the end of the book, Trollope himself says "you probably think this wasn't the best title." LOL! IMO, The American Senator deserves more fans. More "forgotten" books, I'm sure, deserve more fans. The two books I've enjoyed most that I've read over the last year are two such more obscure books: The American Senator and Early Candlelight by Maud Hart Lovelace. I remain smitten with DeeDee DuGay.
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It was so cosy to hang out with you like this! I’m glad you had a good victober! 🥰
I had a great Victober and read some wonderful books! I enjoyed your recap. Thanks for hosting!
I am always sorry to see Victober end too. Not that I can’t or don’t read a Victorian novel throughout the year, but I agree, there is something so special about the Victober reads.
I always enjoy listening to what you've been reading! Your love of Victorian literature is contagious!🥰
@@cozycottagechapters Thank you, Madilyn!
Great wrap up! The Pallisers sounds... daunting. Still in Barchester myself; it will take a while to adjust when the time comes. I have Wylder's Hand ready to go at some point. New Arabian Nights I thought was good overall if rarher uneven. Victober has been a blast, big thanks to you and the rest of the hosting team 👍
Parables of the Cross sounds wonderful... Added to my TBR 😊
@@ishah4714 Such an amazing book!
Haven´t had a chance to participate this year so I am gonna do victober some other month for myself 😂 Would love to get my hands on The Parable of the Cross. Really enjoy listen to you talking about victorian books. Thank you ☺
I’m so happy you had such a successful Victober Kate, mine was too and that was due in part to our group and things like the Charley’s Aunt readalong! You know I’m with you on The Eustace Diamonds but am unusual in that I love the Phineas books 😉. Looking forward to trying some Ainsworth and Ellen Middleton!
@@josmith5992 Thank you, Jo! Haha, that is too funny about our flip flopped Trollope loves!
Thank you Kate, I enjoyed hearing your Victober recommendations and I still have more that I want to read. I only read some Sherlock Holmes short stories and The Woman in White which took me ages.
@@Karen-ve6ds Hope you enjoyed them both!
Thank you Kate for so many wonderful recommendations for Victober. This was my first time to participate . My favorite bookshelf was Parables of the Cross. It was a book that blessed and challenged me. It will be a book I will read over and over again. I've greatly enjoyed your channel!
@@diannegibb6515 I'm so glad that you enjoyed Victober and am thrilled you enjoyed Parables of the Cross! Such a hidden gem of a book.
Kate, thank you for the Ellen Middleton recommendation! I was searching for a Victorian Catholic fiction book for my classic Catholic fiction recommendations. Currently sending a Project Guttenberg version to my Kindle. It is very much appreciated!!
@@protagonistspub Chelsea from Voyage of a Time Wanderer read a Catholic novel this year and loved it. The name escapes me but it's in her tbr video.
@katehowereads Kate, thanks for the tip. I will go look for it. 😊
Fullerton was still an Anglican when she wrote Ellen Middleton, she converted 2 years later
I just can’t wait to get to The Tower of London and Parables of the Cross!! What a wonderful Victober you’ve had, Kate!!
@@darrylfriesen I just want to weep whenever I think about Parables of the Cross. So very beautiful.
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I loved hearing about your reads! ❤ lol, whenever I film a booktube clip in the car, 9 times out of 10, someone will park next to me and play loud music. 😂
@@amusicalbookworm Thank you, Victoria! Later in editing it wasn't audible in the video but it was soooo distracting to me.
It really was a splendid Victober. I'm glad yours was good and gave you a lift. You read such a variety too. Charley's Aunt was a highlight for me too.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 So glad you also enjoyed Charley's Aunt!
❤ i can't wait to read more VicLit with our group. So glad you had a great Victober!
@@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD I can't either!!
New to your channel, which I am finding interesting. In a previous video you gave favourable mention to E.B. Browning's Aurora Leigh and I wondered if you had read Robert Browning's verse novel The Ring and the Book which no less an authority than Robertson Davies thought was the best novel of the 19th century. Thanks for the time and trouble you take for this channel.
@@petertownsend181 I have read The Ring and the Book! It was quite an intense experience as the subject matter is quite harrowing. It's quite a remarkable book.
Hi, Kate! Hope you’re all doing well. I ordered Christina Rosetta’s Poems and Prose after hearing you talk about it in one of your recent videos. It sounds like it will be a perfect read for the quieter months of winter. I also joined your Patreon last week and already got Christmas at Thompson Hall for December. It will be my first Trollope! Im really looking forward to it.
@@Literatiloves Hi there! How splendid that you joined my patreon and will be reading Christmas at Thompson Hall with us!
Thankvyou for hosting Victober! It is such a lovely thing to look forward to. I extended Victober into January last year and probably will do the same this year 😂 im looking forward to reading Ellen Middleton and Percival Keene.
@@BorderCollieInALibrary I'm so glad you had a great time and I'm all for extending Victober!!
I completely agree about the community feeling that we get from Victober. Looks like you had a great month!
@@tillysshelf Yes! It's so fun to know that many others are joining in.
I read The Woman in White and started Framley Parsonage, but I didn't finish it.
Christina Rossetti is so good, she should be more widely known.
Thanks for hosting an amazing Victober Kate.. wow you read soo many books, well done 😃 Shame about the Eustace Diamonds, but really happy to hear about your reading experiences with Christina Rossetti and The Tower of London, that's awesome... thanks Kate, looking forward to the next Victober!! 😃🎩📚
@@millieandmarigoldbooks Thank you, Em!
@@katehowereads 💜💜
Religious torture is always wrong, but the Protestant torture carried out under Queen Mary was a directly result of the actions of Henry VIII. The Ainsworth novel sounds right up my alley. Thanks for the recommendation. 😊
@@protagonistspub I think there are a lot of strong opinions about the actions of Catholics vs. Protestants and I don't think it's a very productive use of our time to debate it.
@@katehowereads I don't disagree, it was more of a providing context comment than an instigation of debate, either historical or theological.
Oh, I'm so sad--the last Kate Victober opening that gives me chills every time! I'm so glad you had a great Victober (I did too!). Re: The Eustace Diamonds--totally agree with you--my least favorite Palliser. I agree with Katie and think you will enjoy The Prime Minister, and especially The Duke's Children, which is my favorite. From what I can tell, David Shaw-Parker has recorded the "complete text" version of The Duke's Children, which came out in 2017 and restores all the text Trollope had to cut out. The full story of the relationships between Mr Palliser and his children is so, so good. I'm in the midst of re-reading the series on audio, and The Eustace Diamonds (ugh) is up next...maybe I'll find something redeeming in the re-read...think of me! 😟
@@kathleencraine7335 oooh! That is so cool to know about the complete text being included in the audiobook! I think you can totally skip The Eustace Diamonds if it's bogging you down!
Hi Kate. Catholics were tortured and killed also. There was violence on both sides.
@@michellehyland3675 At any point did I state that Catholics were never tortured and killed?
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Christina Rosetti!! Want to buy Parables Of The Cross. Have you ever read any stories/bks. of the deaths of Protestant Martyrs? Like Tyndale, John Knox and any others? There are many, sadly. What faith to not recant.
@@eileennielsen5165 I have and it is so harrowing to read about.
So many novels I had not heard of! I am intrigued. I hate to say it but Phineas Redux was my least favorite, except for the end! The end is great! But you have to wade through so much to get there. I loved Plantagenet too! The Prime and The Duke’s Children really develop him and it is true those final 2 books make the whole series worth reading!
@@faithbooks7906 That is so great to hear that you also found the final two made the series worth it!
Hi Kate! I discovered your channel recently because in October I read Turn of the Screw and the Awakening. I am very interested in literature written during the Victorian era. I want to recommend a book if you haven’t read it already. It’s called Ishmael by E.D.E.N. Southworth, written in 1876. Fantastic read!! Wonderful characters, uplifting message.
@@donnaleone3818 I have read Elizabeth Gaskell raving about E.D.E.N. Southworth! I definitely want to try her.
@ you won’t be able to put it down!
Your reaction to The Eustace Diamonds confirms my decision not to read it. I liked Can you forgive her and surprised myself by really enjoying the 2 Phineas novels - the English politics and all! I absolutely loved The Prime Minister. The marriage relationship is so well drawn. I’m about to start the Dukes Children with my favourite narrator - yes Timothy West. I’m looking forward to ‘finishing’ the series without the need to complete all the books if that makes sense.
@@lorrainetaylor9852 I think that totally makes sense - reading for leisure should have one rule: Read what you want, whenever you want!
Thanx again for the Le Fanu recommendation of Uncle Silas. I'm currently reading his novella "The Dragon Volant" and he is, indeed, an enjoyable prose stylist. Glad to learn of Ellen Middleton, too. My massive Trollope misfire was The Small House at Allington. "Massive" being the key word. There was some good material in there, especially when it featured Trollope's autobiographical character, but, by far, the book was too overblown, especially for its frustrating ending after over 600 pages!!!. Was hoping for more from the Austen vibe of the basic premise: two poor family relations sisters who need to meet the right man. I really enjoyed the Austen-like storyline of The American Senator and adored its female protagonist. The wicked heroine of that book was really something, too, but the sisters of Allington were so bland, I was let down. Thanx again for another informative informal chat video. Always happy to see you pop up in my queue with a new entry. :)
@@MicahHarris-k9m ooooh! I own a physical copy of The American Senator so I am delighted to hear you rave about it!
@@katehowereads There are passages in The American Senator that were moving to me in the best, unique way that great prose fiction can reach right into your heart. One character's speech after suffering a kind of heart break I know a bit too well really reached across a century and a half and made me feel seen in a way no story ever has before...and I've read a LOT. It seems to me that in two of the plotlines, Trollope is doing two different takes on Estella from Great Expectations. In Dickens, we never really see her in action...destroying men's lives, you know - LOL!...but Trollope has a similar character, and boy, does she put on a show -- she makes Becky Sharp look like Donna Reed and Carol Brady. But there's this poignant situation with her where she's reaching, struggling....she ended up making me feel for her. The other young woman's story is "the good Estella." It's the storyline that was a bit redolent of Austen...especially the mother character, except she ain't silly...and I adored it. Hope you do get around to it one day. Would be interested in your thoughts. :)
@MicahHarris-k9m Ooooh! My goodness, this is all so intriguing!
@@katehowereads I hope you'll enjoy it too. It's not singled out among Trollope's works, and, of course, it's not a "name drop" Victorican classic like Oliver Twist, or Great Expectations, or Wuthering Heights, etc. The name of the book itself is kind of...awful. LOL! The American senator has his own plotline, but it's one of three. The title doesn't accurately reflect the book as a whole. A title like Middlemarch would have been better, since this is one of those books like that, and Emma, that takes you to a fictional town, and you feel like you've visited there when you've finished the book. Trollope's publisher wanted him to change the title, and toward the end of the book, Trollope himself says "you probably think this wasn't the best title." LOL! IMO, The American Senator deserves more fans. More "forgotten" books, I'm sure, deserve more fans. The two books I've enjoyed most that I've read over the last year are two such more obscure books: The American Senator and Early Candlelight by Maud Hart Lovelace. I remain smitten with DeeDee DuGay.
@MicahHarris-k9m Haha - it is an odd title! I'm sure I would agonize over titles if I were an author.
#historathon2024 is a year round event, and of course there is, will be a #historathon2025
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