Victorian Books

[BJ Davis]

Do you have a favorite Victorian Romance or Gothic novel? I'm looking for recommendations.

Also, inviting readers to view my new Victorian blog at www.myvictorianbooks.blogspot.com

[April]

NORTH AND SOUTH by Elizabeth Gaskell. It's really great. If you enjoyed Pride and Prejudice, you will fall in love with North and South. I reviewed it here:
http://readingisthespiceoflife.blogspot.com/2009/08/review-of-north...

Also, I feel Villette by Charlotte Bronte is good, much better than Jane Eyre. I haven't read Villette, but that's the GoodReads rumor. :-)

[BJ Davis]

Wow, those sound good! Thanks!

[BJ Davis]

Wow! Thanks a million for the recommendations. Victoria Holt is definitely one of my favorites. And The Woman in White. It's amazing how many people have not read that one.

[BJ Davis]

I'll look for The Historian. I've not heard of it.

[Danielle]

Well, there's A Great and Terrible Beauty...a fantastic modern one...for Gothic, there's always Dracula, The Picture of Dorian Grey (with a movie coming out starring Prince Caspian from the movie!) and Wuthering Heights...plus, there's the Women in White...

I'll check out your blog if you check out mine!

http://readingwatchingliving.blogspot.com

[BJ Davis]

I've always meant to read Dracula, and hope to within the next few months. So many books, so little time!

[Book Calendar]

It looks like a ladylike blog. I am more of a fan of the Sherlock Holmes pastiche, the gentleman's adventure novel like King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard, and Victorian age science fiction (steampunk) and old ghost stories. There are quite a few entertaining authors along this line, of course there is H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley and Jules Verne. I also liked The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling and A Transatlantic Tunnel Hurrah by Harry Harrison. I also like the gentlemen adventurer stories, a young adult novel I find particularly striking is Montmorency, Thief, Liar, Gentleman. I haven't really read any gothic novels. I would not mind trying a gothic novel or two if someone can give me a good recommendation.

[BJ Davis]

I recently read The Woman In Black by Susan Hill. You might like that one. Also, The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins is a great classic. Both books would be appreciated by either a lady or gentleman.

[Donna Lea Simpson]

I'll keep you posted if I get my Victorian romance 'Love & Scandal' published. It is about a lady writer in the Victorian era who writes a scandalous book that is mistakenly attributed to a notorious man about town.

[BJ Davis]

Keep me posted. I would like to review it. Sounds interesting!

[Mary @ The Sweet Bookshelf]

I've secretly wanted to read The Mysteries of Udolpho from Northanger Abbey, but haven't yet. I think that sounds like a fabulous Gothic romance!

Mary
The Sweet Bookshelf

[BJ Davis]

I agree. I have the book but haven't read it yet. Hope to soon.