A couple of days ago, I got really excited about Victober and started thinking about what I was going to read. Then I realized that Victober was LAST month. Since I spent almost all of October in the hospital, it's no surprise that I'm confused about dates.
@@royreadsanythingthe guide to the audiobook is Sophie Corser and she does an incredible job supporting listeners to navigate the ‘challenges’ of Ulysses. Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Wow, the Cornhill magazines are fantastic, the bound copies and the issues with ads etc. Old adverts can be so revealing. Aromatic bands - maybe to use instead of smelling salts? I think to read the stories that were published alongside each other in the same period would be interesting - which stories they chose to put side by side. I did enjoy London Assurance, Fiona Shaw is just great.
Yes I love the old ads, with hindsight they offer a lot of social history detail. Maybe the bands were a form of fancy stationery? Though wearable smelling salts sound like a good idea! I've seen an ad for sort of scarf with a built-in menthol lozenge to ward off chills!
So many of the serialised versions were different to the novels, if only because of needing to remind readers of what they read a month ago, and give hints of what they had to look forward to next month. The novels often smoothed out cliffhangers, which tended to be less effective when all the reader had to do was turn the page to see what happened next. It does rather sound like the Braddon could have used such a rewrite.
Great Victober content Roy! Totally agreed with everything you said about The Doctor’s Wife, got a bit bogged down in the middle and she repeats herself but generally I love her writing. Her first novel The Trail of the Serpent is great fun! Armadale is on my list but I read the much shorter The Dead Secret and kind of wanted more although again, I’m a fan of Collin’s writing. I don’t listen to audio generally but I’ll admit the Audrey app has me intrigued!
Thanks! I'll have to try The Trail of the Serpent, great title! Audrey seems good for classics, for me keeping track of characters can be a problem and it gives details of them as they appear.
Roy, those Cornhill Magazine volumes look fascinating; treasure troves of interesting bits! I would love to find some of them. I haven't read 'Armadale', but this makes me curious about it. On adaptations of Victorian novels, I wonder if you've ever seen the television adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby from 1977 with Nigel Havers? I think it's an excellent version, and filmed in that intimate 1970s way where you feel like you are watching a play.
Very interesting group of books and interesting magazine. My Victober consisted solely of reading Carmilla
A couple of days ago, I got really excited about Victober and started thinking about what I was going to read. Then I realized that Victober was LAST month. Since I spent almost all of October in the hospital, it's no surprise that I'm confused about dates.
I’m Sally from the Audrey team. Thank you so much for your wonderful comments about the Audrey App. It’s great to hear that your listen of Sherlock.
@sallyhughes4803 Thanks for commenting, very impressed with the app - can't wait to see how you've tackled _Ulysses_!
@@royreadsanythingthe guide to the audiobook is Sophie Corser and she does an incredible job supporting listeners to navigate the ‘challenges’ of Ulysses. Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Wow, the Cornhill magazines are fantastic, the bound copies and the issues with ads etc. Old adverts can be so revealing. Aromatic bands - maybe to use instead of smelling salts? I think to read the stories that were published alongside each other in the same period would be interesting - which stories they chose to put side by side.
I did enjoy London Assurance, Fiona Shaw is just great.
Yes I love the old ads, with hindsight they offer a lot of social history detail. Maybe the bands were a form of fancy stationery? Though wearable smelling salts sound like a good idea! I've seen an ad for sort of scarf with a built-in menthol lozenge to ward off chills!
So many of the serialised versions were different to the novels, if only because of needing to remind readers of what they read a month ago, and give hints of what they had to look forward to next month. The novels often smoothed out cliffhangers, which tended to be less effective when all the reader had to do was turn the page to see what happened next. It does rather sound like the Braddon could have used such a rewrite.
Wow! I’d love to see those magazines - I’m glad I could through you, Roy, at least a little bit.
I read Woman in White for my first taste of Collins.
What did you think of The Woman in White?
@ It’s very memorable. The first half felt stark, but then it began to drag on a little bit. I can see that’s a problem with serialized books.
Great Victober content Roy! Totally agreed with everything you said about The Doctor’s Wife, got a bit bogged down in the middle and she repeats herself but generally I love her writing. Her first novel The Trail of the Serpent is great fun! Armadale is on my list but I read the much shorter The Dead Secret and kind of wanted more although again, I’m a fan of Collin’s writing. I don’t listen to audio generally but I’ll admit the Audrey app has me intrigued!
Thanks! I'll have to try The Trail of the Serpent, great title! Audrey seems good for classics, for me keeping track of characters can be a problem and it gives details of them as they appear.
Roy, those Cornhill Magazine volumes look fascinating; treasure troves of interesting bits! I would love to find some of them. I haven't read 'Armadale', but this makes me curious about it. On adaptations of Victorian novels, I wonder if you've ever seen the television adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby from 1977 with Nigel Havers? I think it's an excellent version, and filmed in that intimate 1970s way where you feel like you are watching a play.
They are indeed fascinating mags. I don't recall the Nigel Havers adaptation, I'll look for it.
I'm a big fan of compression, so never really taken to Victorian serialised novels, maybe I should revisit the country - maybe??!??
They do tend to sprawl - maybe giving readers a soap-opera type of experience of checking in with familiar characters over a long period
Love that t-shirt.
I so wanted it as a badge back in '76
@@royreadsanything I was only 5.
@Montie-Adkins I was very invested in the USA Bicentennial celebrations that year despite being a Brit 😅 🦅