The scene where Helen Burns dies was the first time a book made me cry, period. My reaction left me a bit shaken, as it never occurred to me that it would even be possible for a book to make a person cry.
I always admire the ease with which you seem to answer tags. I never know what to answer. But one thing I know: I love 19th century literature, not only British but Portuguese, French, Russian, etc. This is why Victober is my favourite event of the year. And I’m forever grateful for being introduced to Anthony Trollope in one of the previous Victobers. I also read all the Brontë novels and almost all George Eliot (I still have 3 more books to go). I love Dickens too. But I think I owe Conan Doyle a great debt. I started reading Sherlock Holmes at a very young age. And I have read it almost every year since then. When I was very young (around 10) I used to watch lots of tv and I fell in love with period dramas. Some of the scenes marked me for life like the first encounter of Pip with Miss Havisham. But I watched dozens of shows and that my be the reason I started reading books from that era. I don’t know why I don’t like contemporary literature unless they’re mysteries, fantasy or historical fiction. Anyway, I’m rambling but what can I say. This is the kind of literature that fills my heart.
I so admire the way you read classics from many places and often in the original language. I finally read my last Eliot last year, Scenes From Clerical Life. I'm not sure I will ever complete Dickens and Trollope but I'll have fun along the way.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Scenes is one I haven’t read with Romola and Daniel Deronda. I’m back to my objective of reading Dickens’s novels in order of publication, although I have already read several of the latest ones. Dickens is doable. Trollope, I’m not so sure about it. As for languages, I dream of reading the Russians in the original language.
If Peter Rabbit counts, that was definitely my first as well! I was obsessed with Beatrix Potter as a littl'un. And YES to the 2005 Bleak House. 🥰 I think the person who played the biggest role in my Victorian literature journey was the garage sale guy when I was 12 who laughed at me and said "You can't read that!" when I excitedly attempted to buy Our Mutual Friend from him. I was Dickens-curious at that point, but after that I became a Dickens fanatic just to prove him wrong. Thanks, rude garage sale guy!
What a fun tag! 😊 I loved hearing your answers, Ros. It was fun seeing you and Tilly doing this together. I look forward to watching her video as well. Thanks for tagging me, Ros. 😊
You two are brilliant together 🤗 Interesting what you say about Tennysons' In Memoriam as i'm still very intimidated by poetry- but recently read The French Lieutenants Woman (Vic adjacent / pub 1960's set 1870's.. ish), & Fowles quotes T regularly (along with lots of Hardy) & i did like it! Twisted your prompt rather lol (class) by including it & boy did it deliver! (tuned out to fit New Woman too🤗🧐). Im half way through Bleak House.. & wow! 👍🤓💞
So fun to watch this! Lovely to hear about what Victorian Literature has meant to you. I agree about that film of Adam Bede being rubbish. It would be lovely to get a nice adaptation of it.
My first Victorian novel was “A Christmas Carol” when I was about 11. I breezed through it because I had previously seen (and loved) the movie with Alastair Sims. Next Victorian was “Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. Got to “Jane Eyre” while in junior high. At 17, I struck a mother lode of teen drama and angst when I found “Tess”. A Hardy fan was born.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was strong stuff for a schoolgirl 😯 I think the Stevenson I read around 11 was Kidnapped and Treasure Island. Jane and Tess are Victorian catnip for teenage girls, aren't they? Wonderful.
Brilliant idea to adapt the Shakespeare Journey tag for Victorian lit and you know I always enjoy a Ros/Tilly video! I hadn’t thought about all the Victorian lit I read or had read to me as a child, Peter Rabbit, The Water Babies, Edward Lear. I was reading Stephen King and Jackie Collins in my teens 😉so I think I really only started reading Victorian lit in college when a class on Bleak House and Vanity Fair made me fall in love with both those books and Victorian lit in general.
Lovely tag! Great question about identifying with a character: As a young reader and into my early adult years, I identified with Jane Eyre. But now as a "mature" reader like Ros, I think I identify most closely with Aunt Betsy Trotwood, chasing donkeys (and she's got a past, too!). And I hope I would have her good sense and kindness to appreciate good people like Mr Dick and the strength of character to stand up to people like the Murdstones.
We are the alabaster come to life; the wanderers above a sea of fog. Thy happy ever after was soon thine, but if you want to live you need a job. As forklifts sweep away the jaguar’s prints, thy face conceals the same displace’ed pur. Those forest treestumps art our precipice; Erato’s portrait peering down unnerved. The angels’d rather see us pick rosebuds in togas of pink, in togas of blue, in freedom where we can be what we want beneath the cancer sun and leo moon. How could they even tax our humanhood? and even worse, how could we just comply?
You mentioning that your grandparents were Victorians made me realize that my great grandfather was too. Most of my family had been in Canada since the eatly 1800s but he was born in Britain. But books weren't passed on in the same way in my family, it's so beautiful to see it in yours.
I would love an Adam Bede adaptation! I can imagine it having the same feel as the most recent Far From The Madding Crowd. That’s such a beautiful one.
I love the character of mrs Proudie inthe Barchester novels, at least I love reading the scenes where she is a central character but I can't say I actually identify with her!😂 Lovely video!
Oh brilliant! It was especially nice to see you two together. I would not have thought about it if you had not mentioned it, but I'm sure that Peter Rabbit must have been my first Victorian read as well!
That and Lear's Owl and the Pussycat will have been first I think. A fine introduction. Hope you can fit in the tag and are enjoying your Victorian reading this month.
Great idea to adapt the tag, what a lot of fun! I do really need to check out a Victorian play, I think I've only read one non-Shakespeare play in my life.
Absolutely loved the 2005 BBC Bleak House. I still haven’t finished reading it though eek. I’m not going to manage this Victober, but hopefully soon. Totally agree with your opinion of the recent BBC Great Expectations adaptation - that I have read, and I was utterly shocked and disappointed! I cried buckets when Helen Burns dies too. The most poignant part of the novel in my view - so beautifully written 🥲
Love this idea! Just managed to get my Shakespeare one out before the end of September so let’s see if I can improve by getting this one done in a more timely fashion! 😊 Great tag and an excellent video. 📚😊
Sorry to show my ignorance Ros but I've wanted to ask this before and never felt brave enough for fear of looking dim but are you and Tilly mother and daughter? Or just friends? Also, loved this tag. I'm reading lots of new to Me authors this victober and loving it
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I was pretty sure you were but you have such a great relationship and with Tilly calling you Ros I thought maybe it was just a great friendship. I have no shared interests with my mum and we're not as close as you two x
The scene where Helen Burns dies was the first time a book made me cry, period. My reaction left me a bit shaken, as it never occurred to me that it would even be possible for a book to make a person cry.
It must have been the moment for a fair few of us.
I always admire the ease with which you seem to answer tags.
I never know what to answer. But one thing I know: I love 19th century literature, not only British but Portuguese, French, Russian, etc.
This is why Victober is my favourite event of the year. And I’m forever grateful for being introduced to Anthony Trollope in one of the previous Victobers. I also read all the Brontë novels and almost all George Eliot (I still have 3 more books to go). I love Dickens too. But I think I owe Conan Doyle a great debt. I started reading Sherlock Holmes at a very young age. And I have read it almost every year since then.
When I was very young (around 10) I used to watch lots of tv and I fell in love with period dramas. Some of the scenes marked me for life like the first encounter of Pip with Miss Havisham. But I watched dozens of shows and that my be the reason I started reading books from that era. I don’t know why I don’t like contemporary literature unless they’re mysteries, fantasy or historical fiction.
Anyway, I’m rambling but what can I say. This is the kind of literature that fills my heart.
I so admire the way you read classics from many places and often in the original language. I finally read my last Eliot last year, Scenes From Clerical Life. I'm not sure I will ever complete Dickens and Trollope but I'll have fun along the way.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Scenes is one I haven’t read with Romola and Daniel Deronda. I’m back to my objective of reading Dickens’s novels in order of publication, although I have already read several of the latest ones. Dickens is doable. Trollope, I’m not so sure about it.
As for languages, I dream of reading the Russians in the original language.
If Peter Rabbit counts, that was definitely my first as well! I was obsessed with Beatrix Potter as a littl'un. And YES to the 2005 Bleak House. 🥰
I think the person who played the biggest role in my Victorian literature journey was the garage sale guy when I was 12 who laughed at me and said "You can't read that!" when I excitedly attempted to buy Our Mutual Friend from him. I was Dickens-curious at that point, but after that I became a Dickens fanatic just to prove him wrong. Thanks, rude garage sale guy!
Well done patronising garage sale guy!
What a fun tag! 😊 I loved hearing your answers, Ros. It was fun seeing you and Tilly doing this together. I look forward to watching her video as well. Thanks for tagging me, Ros. 😊
I look forward to hearing your journey too.
What wonderful answers and it’s always great to watch you together too. ❤
We have a bit of a giggle. Hope you get the chance to do the tag.
I love this! Wonderful tag 😊
Thanks Katie. Seemed a good fit for Victober.
What a fun tag! I will definitely give this one a go!
Do if you have time 😀
You two are brilliant together 🤗 Interesting what you say about Tennysons' In Memoriam as i'm still very intimidated by poetry- but recently read The French Lieutenants Woman (Vic adjacent / pub 1960's set 1870's.. ish), & Fowles quotes T regularly (along with lots of Hardy) & i did like it! Twisted your prompt rather lol (class) by including it & boy did it deliver! (tuned out to fit New Woman too🤗🧐). Im half way through Bleak House.. & wow! 👍🤓💞
Bleak House is my favourite Dickens so I am very happy it is working for you.
I love this tag and hearing your journey, Ros. I am really looking forward to thinking about my Victorian Lit journey!
I will love to hear it.
How wonderful! Thank you very much for the tag I'll definitely do it 😁👍
Look forward to it Mark.
Absolutely delightful 😊 I can also picture that scene with the threshing machine in Tess!
Thanks Sarah. It is lovely discovering that scene is a special one for others too.
There was also coming some steam out of this video, because of all the passionate talking! Loved it!
We do get rather enthusiastic 😅
So fun to watch this! Lovely to hear about what Victorian Literature has meant to you. I agree about that film of Adam Bede being rubbish. It would be lovely to get a nice adaptation of it.
Thanks Kate. Eliot adaptations are generally a neglected area but Adam Bede feels the most potentially successful if done properly.
My first Victorian novel was “A Christmas Carol” when I was about 11. I breezed through it because I had previously seen (and loved) the movie with Alastair Sims. Next Victorian was “Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. Got to “Jane Eyre” while in junior high. At 17, I struck a mother lode of teen drama and angst when I found “Tess”. A Hardy fan was born.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was strong stuff for a schoolgirl 😯 I think the Stevenson I read around 11 was Kidnapped and Treasure Island. Jane and Tess are Victorian catnip for teenage girls, aren't they? Wonderful.
Ooh love this. I will try to find the headspace to tackle this. Lovely to see you two together.
Oh do Daniel. I'd love to watch that.
Brilliant idea to adapt the Shakespeare Journey tag for Victorian lit and you know I always enjoy a Ros/Tilly video! I hadn’t thought about all the Victorian lit I read or had read to me as a child, Peter Rabbit, The Water Babies, Edward Lear. I was reading Stephen King and Jackie Collins in my teens 😉so I think I really only started reading Victorian lit in college when a class on Bleak House and Vanity Fair made me fall in love with both those books and Victorian lit in general.
I suspect that childhood reading primed us to enjoy the adult Victorian writing later. Edward Lear was another early experience for me too.
Lovely tag! Great question about identifying with a character: As a young reader and into my early adult years, I identified with Jane Eyre. But now as a "mature" reader like Ros, I think I identify most closely with Aunt Betsy Trotwood, chasing donkeys (and she's got a past, too!). And I hope I would have her good sense and kindness to appreciate good people like Mr Dick and the strength of character to stand up to people like the Murdstones.
Betty Trotwood is a brilliant choice. Quirky on the outside and generous spirited on the inside.
Hey Ros and Tilly! Thanks so much for the tag! Loved hearing your answers 😁
Hope you get a chance to do it Charlotte.
Thanks for tagging me! How fun!
Hi Kailey. I hope you do it!
Delightful video, as always when you two do a video together. And the plug for “read a play.” 😊
That's kind Stephanie. We love our book chats.
We are the alabaster come to life;
the wanderers above a sea of fog.
Thy happy ever after was soon thine,
but if you want to live you need a job.
As forklifts sweep away the jaguar’s prints,
thy face conceals the same displace’ed pur.
Those forest treestumps art our precipice;
Erato’s portrait peering down unnerved.
The angels’d rather see us pick rosebuds
in togas of pink, in togas of blue,
in freedom where we can be what we want
beneath the cancer sun and leo moon.
How could they even tax our humanhood?
and even worse, how could we just comply?
Is this one of yours Nicholas?
yes ma'am @@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
You mentioning that your grandparents were Victorians made me realize that my great grandfather was too. Most of my family had been in Canada since the eatly 1800s but he was born in Britain. But books weren't passed on in the same way in my family, it's so beautiful to see it in yours.
He must have had an interesting life. We are only two steps away from the Victorians still.
👋❤️
The threshing machine does not leave yo.
I will never read Lady B. in _Importance_ the same. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
It is a scene burned into my memory as if I had been there.
My favorite characters are from Dorian Gray and Wuthering Hights
Oscar Wilde's characters in Dorian Grey are not always likeable, but intriguing.
What play(s) do you recommend? Lovely to see this!
You can't go wrong with Wilde. I presume you have read The Importance of Being Earnest? If not, that's the top recommendation.
This is so lovely.. The pace is definitely something that affects how you read Victorian classics. I will watch Tilly’s video today 😊
Not that they aren't pacy at times. But they often have a slow set up and longer sentences I think.
I would love an Adam Bede adaptation! I can imagine it having the same feel as the most recent Far From The Madding Crowd. That’s such a beautiful one.
Yes that sort of atmosphere and style.
I love the character of mrs Proudie inthe Barchester novels, at least I love reading the scenes where she is a central character but I can't say I actually identify with her!😂 Lovely video!
Oh good choice Barbara!
Oh brilliant! It was especially nice to see you two together. I would not have thought about it if you had not mentioned it, but I'm sure that Peter Rabbit must have been my first Victorian read as well!
That and Lear's Owl and the Pussycat will have been first I think. A fine introduction. Hope you can fit in the tag and are enjoying your Victorian reading this month.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I’m in a situation this week where I can’t film and post, but I will definitely do the tag asap!
@@HannahsBooks no pressure my dear.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 oh, I am excited about it! (And the delay is for happy reasons, too.)
Great idea to adapt the tag, what a lot of fun! I do really need to check out a Victorian play, I think I've only read one non-Shakespeare play in my life.
Oh then you should.
Absolutely loved the 2005 BBC Bleak House. I still haven’t finished reading it though eek. I’m not going to manage this Victober, but hopefully soon.
Totally agree with your opinion of the recent BBC Great Expectations adaptation - that I have read, and I was utterly shocked and disappointed!
I cried buckets when Helen Burns dies too. The most poignant part of the novel in my view - so beautifully written 🥲
Not a dry eye possible reading that bit of Jane Eyre.
Love this idea! Just managed to get my Shakespeare one out before the end of September so let’s see if I can improve by getting this one done in a more timely fashion! 😊 Great tag and an excellent video. 📚😊
Thanks Alice 😀
I haven't felt like doing a tag in a while, but this may change things!
Think of it more as a ramble about Victorian literature than a tag.
Well this was delightful! You're so right about giving the Victorian novels some time to unfold and get going.
I hope you will do the tag yourself.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I just may do it this month!
Sorry to show my ignorance Ros but I've wanted to ask this before and never felt brave enough for fear of looking dim but are you and Tilly mother and daughter? Or just friends? Also, loved this tag. I'm reading lots of new to Me authors this victober and loving it
We are mother and daughter and no problem to ask.
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I was pretty sure you were but you have such a great relationship and with Tilly calling you Ros I thought maybe it was just a great friendship. I have no shared interests with my mum and we're not as close as you two x
_First!_ 😂 I'll just consider myself tagged . . .
You must.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 😋👍😆