Love Elizabeth Gaskell. The George Edgerton shorts sounds a really interesting collection. Thank you for telling us about the Victorian Short Story Archive. It is such a fantastic online resource to check out. ❤
Just read Gaskell's 'A Fear for the Future' which is a hilarious lamentation by a middle aged gentleman as he observes the demise of the younger female species; "these followers of the arts, whose life is in the pictures they paint, or the books they write, these scientific damsels who would strike me dumb with a sense of my helpless ignorance" 😂
When it comes to Victorian literature it seems short stories assume a lesser place in the esteem of critics. The heavy tomes are highly regarded, promoted, and regaled frequently, but short stories by these same authors hardly get a mention. Thanks, Katie, for reminding all lovers of 19th century prose that these titles deserve more attention.
What a wonderful job you have. I have spent all day sewing, but I’m going to give a try and set aside one day for reading. Love your channel. Thanks for sharing all the different aspects of your world.
This was fascinating, saving it to favourites as one of my plans for 2023 is read lots of Victorian literature, including short stories. I've just started In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu and love it already.
This was great, was interested that the hardy story was in Women Who Did, thought that was a women-only collection but just looked it up and the subtitle proves me wrong! 😊 So far I've read short stories by Gaskell (The Old Nurse's Story) and Wilde (lord Arthur saviles crime) and two novellas by Eliot (the first two in Scenes of Clerical Life, reading Janet's Repentance now). The wilde story has stayed with me longer than the gaskell, it was so dark really, when I think of wilde as a humorous writer. I know you don't like her but I am loving the Eliot novellas.
I’ve been looking for the short stories by Dickens and will check out the book you mentioned, plus all the short stories you recommended. Thank you Katie! Also I am so excited to find more Victorian authors I haven’t heard of before in the online Victorian list you shared.
An interesting day to experience so many authors! There is really so much out there. I loved the sound of A Thief in the Night and the Gaskell ones - I’m reading some of her short stories this Victober but they’re all from a collection of her supernatural tales. The Governess’ Tale did sound really interesting - your description of the girl’s position really reminded me a lot of the film Belle which I saw on telly earlier in the month and loved (though that film was set in an earlier period).
This was a fun video! Overall it seems liked a successful reading experiment. I love short stories and after reading a bunch of Elizabeth Gaskells last year made me want to read at least all of hers.
This is such a good idea. I think reading short stories might be a way I can still enjoy Victorian literature this month and finish it. I’m going through Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell and I don’t think I’ll be able to finish it before Victober ends. 😅I may have to go with one of her short stories.
SPOILER ALERT. What do you make of the very ending of “An Imaginative Woman”? I mean when the narrator says about Marchmill’s little boy that “By a known but inexplicable trick of Nature there were undoubtedly strong traces of resemblance to the man Ella had never seen; the dreamy and peculiar expression of the poet's face sat, as the transmitted idea, upon the child's, and the hair was of the same hue.” Pushing likelihood too much?
I'm not really sure. I think it was supposed to be a coincidence - Victorians sort of had more tolerance for believing coincidences like that, I think!
Love Elizabeth Gaskell. The George Edgerton shorts sounds a really interesting collection. Thank you for telling us about the Victorian Short Story Archive. It is such a fantastic online resource to check out. ❤
Just read Gaskell's 'A Fear for the Future' which is a hilarious lamentation by a middle aged gentleman as he observes the demise of the younger female species; "these followers of the arts, whose life is in the pictures they paint, or the books they write, these scientific damsels who would strike me dumb with a sense of my helpless ignorance" 😂
When it comes to Victorian literature it seems short stories assume a lesser place in the esteem of critics. The heavy tomes are highly regarded, promoted, and regaled frequently, but short stories by these same authors hardly get a mention. Thanks, Katie, for reminding all lovers of 19th century prose that these titles deserve more attention.
I really do love Victorian short stories. I must read more!
Glad to hear you're enjoying George Egerton! I'm planning/hoping to read "The Little Grey Glove" this weekend.
What a wonderful job you have. I have spent all day sewing, but I’m going to give a try and set aside one day for reading. Love your channel. Thanks for sharing all the different aspects of your world.
Thanks very much :)
This was fascinating, saving it to favourites as one of my plans for 2023 is read lots of Victorian literature, including short stories. I've just started In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu and love it already.
Sheridan Le Fanu is so great!
I read Gaskells "Right at Last" and loved it:) So many short stories to choose from. Great video!
20 short stories is a lot!!! i love oscar wilde, i need to read some of his short stories!
This was excellent ! I put so many stories on my list after this and will definelty look at those that are online :)
This was great, was interested that the hardy story was in Women Who Did, thought that was a women-only collection but just looked it up and the subtitle proves me wrong! 😊 So far I've read short stories by Gaskell (The Old Nurse's Story) and Wilde (lord Arthur saviles crime) and two novellas by Eliot (the first two in Scenes of Clerical Life, reading Janet's Repentance now). The wilde story has stayed with me longer than the gaskell, it was so dark really, when I think of wilde as a humorous writer. I know you don't like her but I am loving the Eliot novellas.
Women Who Did is a great collection so far!
I’ve been looking for the short stories by Dickens and will check out the book you mentioned, plus all the short stories you recommended. Thank you Katie! Also I am so excited to find more Victorian authors I haven’t heard of before in the online Victorian list you shared.
love the Yoyo Ma around 3:40 - 4:40
An interesting day to experience so many authors! There is really so much out there. I loved the sound of A Thief in the Night and the Gaskell ones - I’m reading some of her short stories this Victober but they’re all from a collection of her supernatural tales. The Governess’ Tale did sound really interesting - your description of the girl’s position really reminded me a lot of the film Belle which I saw on telly earlier in the month and loved (though that film was set in an earlier period).
This was a fun video! Overall it seems liked a successful reading experiment. I love short stories and after reading a bunch of Elizabeth Gaskells last year made me want to read at least all of hers.
Thank you for sharing these stories and authors!💝
This is such a good idea. I think reading short stories might be a way I can still enjoy Victorian literature this month and finish it. I’m going through Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell and I don’t think I’ll be able to finish it before Victober ends. 😅I may have to go with one of her short stories.
I have read The Signal-Man by Dickens and A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I thought this video was really fun.
Cool J.L.B pillow.
SPOILER ALERT. What do you make of the very ending of “An Imaginative Woman”? I mean when the narrator says about Marchmill’s little boy that “By a known but inexplicable trick of Nature there were undoubtedly strong traces of resemblance to the man Ella had never seen; the dreamy and peculiar expression of the poet's face sat, as the transmitted idea, upon the child's, and the hair was of the same hue.” Pushing likelihood too much?
I'm not really sure. I think it was supposed to be a coincidence - Victorians sort of had more tolerance for believing coincidences like that, I think!