Loved this, I really didn't know Halloween had such a long history! By the way, the lead-pouring fortune telling game is something that's still done in Germany on New Year's Eve. I think this video format works really well by the way, a topic discussion followed by recommendations :)
Firstly, you look particularly lovely with your hair up like that. Secondly, I am so excited for you to get all your books sorted, new bookcases are the best. Loved this video, I really want to read The Woman in White, even though Victober is almost over.
We're actually still doing most of those fortune telling games in my country, but during Christmas. And I thought that it's a Slavic thing :D Especially the one with walnuts with candles in them was my favourite when I was little. And I can't wait to finally read Lady Audley's Secret!
This was such a fun video, Lucy! So cool to hear about all these old traditions. It made me think of the mischief night episode of Larkrise to Candleford. Also, have you read the Betsy Tacy series? In Betsy In Spite of Herself the girls have a Halloween party and have games like some you mentioned to figure out who they’ll marry. Loved your Halloween reading recommendations! I’m so happy you enjoyed Lady Audley’s Secret, it’s such an amazing book.
I loved Carmilla! I read it this October as I got it as one of my free Audible credits, but I want to physically read it as the audible edition was dramatized and abbreviated.
In Poland at the end of November Andrzejki are celebrated. It is a time for all sorts of fortune-telling activities. What you said about the lead "divination" is translated to pouring molten wax through a key "eye". 😁
Ah, thank you so much for sharing this - I love it, and love the translation of the key "eye" too, although I don't quite fancy molten wax in the eyes, haha! Sounds painful!
This was awesome! Such interesting research. I just read both Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall this month and I have to say, I liked the latter a lot more!
Lucy, It is interesting to know about the history of how the Victorians celebrated Halloween. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a book I started reading. The beginning is quite confusing. However, I am enjoying it immensely. I have read Oscar Wilde’s play, The Importance of Being Earnest for the Victober group read along. I hope I can read A Woman of No Importance by the end of the month. The Picture of Dorian Gray enthralls me. I need to read it as soon as possible. I will definitely read Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. I enjoyed every minute of this video. I hope you enjoy reading gothic Victorian literature over the next ten days. I love you 😘💕❤️
I love Lady Audley's Secret too. I know that she was suppose to be the villain, but I can't help but feel she's the most sympathetic character. Also, Carmilla is so good!
the background is looking good. there should be some bookshelf, moreover some other things too like a picture frame, etc.. the video is very informative. I have read Wuthering Height's & I like it.
I love this format of video and would be very interested to see more of them! I think I have time for one more Victorian book this month so I'm considering reading the Hound of the Baskervilles as it's quite Halloween-y, and it's been ages since I read it!
hahahaha 😅 when you talked about turnip carving i thought of Bernadette Banner asap... i loved her last video on Halloween costumes... i loved your video as well!!! i want to read The Woman in White this year
I'm glad to find a fellow Bernadette Banner viewer! I loved it too -- a new video from Bernadette is always the highlight of my week. I hope you enjoy The Woman in White, Angela! I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on it once you've read it!
Oh my bob please do a video on death traditions and books that mention these. Also please could you let me know where you were able to read the newspapers of the 1800’s? I’d love to read some Victorian newspapers. Many thanks
There’s a website called British Newspaper Archive and because I’m researching for a historical fiction novel at the moment, I’ve taken out a subscription but you also get 3 articles free. I’m a little obsessed with it because I love how it takes you back in time, reading newspapers from the past!
I have just finished a reread of Lady Audley's Secret today. I still love it. And have you read the review at the last pages? Wilkie Collins and Braddon were rivals! Aw my favourite authors!
I read Villette for Victober and all I can say is how underrated I think it is. It was the only book I read for the challenge, but I feel like I was able to fully appreciate the story and character development of Lucy Snowe. I daresay that Villette is just as brilliant as even Jane Eyre. Were you able to reread it? :)
@@lucythereader Imagine hearing that hound H O W L I N G in the distance, and you can see only an enormous shape, and no more. H O W L . HOWL. HOWLLLL.
TimeAndChance I'm intrigued! I've never read any Conan Doyle before (except some short stories in HS, which I hardly remember), do you think it's okay to start with The Hound of the Baskervilles? Or is it important to read the series in order? I'm not really interested in the other books 😅
Sooo The Picture of Dorian Gray. Warning ⚠️ non-specific allusions ahead The scene you mentioned was quite horrific, yeah. But. Based on the reviews and lectures I’ve heard, that scene originally was far less graphic. After censure though Oscar Wild had to rewrite many parts and expand contents to publish it independently. And so Sibyl’s brother came to life and the scene now looks the way it looks.
Анастасія Калюжна Hmmmm, it's been 5 years since I read it and I can't remember what she's referring to, even though I loved the book so much! It's about time for a reread, I suppose 🤔
This was an interesting video idea and you suggested some good Victorian reads. My only suggestion for improvement would be to include a list of references that you used for your research. It's not clear where you got your information from and how reliable the sources are.
@@BeatrixOnyx Understandable! Sorry I hadn't added them for when the video was uploaded. They're not perfect but I've tried to include the majority of my sources in the description -- they'll certainly be more detailed in the future!
@@lucythereader It's okay. :) It's an easy mistake to make. From what I gather from your videos, you seem to be a busy person so that's understandable how you forgot. I like the use of primary sources you used for your research (I studied history at uni so I like seeing them used lol).
Do you have any specific video on Russian Classics??? If you don't could you please make one??? I am very interested to learn about Russian Classics and your thoughts about them....
UGH I hated that book. It took me 9 months to finish reading it. I could not see what the big deal was. The only thing I can attribute to is that it was serialized when it first came out. I will still read the Moonstone, but if I get a single whiff of it being like WIW, I'm dropping it.
Loved this, I really didn't know Halloween had such a long history! By the way, the lead-pouring fortune telling game is something that's still done in Germany on New Year's Eve. I think this video format works really well by the way, a topic discussion followed by recommendations :)
I’ve read Wuthering Heights and it is one of my all-time favorite books! I’ve added Carmilla to my TBR! I can’t wait to read it!
Love this explanation! It would be fun to go back in time and celebrate that way haha.
Firstly, you look particularly lovely with your hair up like that. Secondly, I am so excited for you to get all your books sorted, new bookcases are the best. Loved this video, I really want to read The Woman in White, even though Victober is almost over.
We're actually still doing most of those fortune telling games in my country, but during Christmas. And I thought that it's a Slavic thing :D Especially the one with walnuts with candles in them was my favourite when I was little. And I can't wait to finally read Lady Audley's Secret!
Halloween is my absolutely favorite holiday. This was an amazing video!! 🎃🎃🎃
I like this informative video! Also, the blue looks really lovely on you.
This was such a fun video, Lucy! So cool to hear about all these old traditions. It made me think of the mischief night episode of Larkrise to Candleford. Also, have you read the Betsy Tacy series? In Betsy In Spite of Herself the girls have a Halloween party and have games like some you mentioned to figure out who they’ll marry. Loved your Halloween reading recommendations! I’m so happy you enjoyed Lady Audley’s Secret, it’s such an amazing book.
I loved Carmilla! I read it this October as I got it as one of my free Audible credits, but I want to physically read it as the audible edition was dramatized and abbreviated.
I love Wuthering heights soooo much 😊
In Poland at the end of November Andrzejki are celebrated. It is a time for all sorts of fortune-telling activities. What you said about the lead "divination" is translated to pouring molten wax through a key "eye". 😁
Ah, thank you so much for sharing this - I love it, and love the translation of the key "eye" too, although I don't quite fancy molten wax in the eyes, haha! Sounds painful!
@@lucythereader haha, thankfully it is not melted on any real eyes😅
This was awesome! Such interesting research. I just read both Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall this month and I have to say, I liked the latter a lot more!
I like the sound of Lady Audley's Secret. Jus read Wuthering Heights and loved it. We have the movie too so I'll be watching that soon.
Lucy, It is interesting to know about the history of how the Victorians celebrated Halloween. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a book I started reading. The beginning is quite confusing. However, I am enjoying it immensely. I have read Oscar Wilde’s play, The Importance of Being Earnest for the Victober group read along. I hope I can read A Woman of No Importance by the end of the month. The Picture of Dorian Gray enthralls me. I need to read it as soon as possible. I will definitely read Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. I enjoyed every minute of this video. I hope you enjoy reading gothic Victorian literature over the next ten days. I love you 😘💕❤️
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I love Lady Audley's Secret too. I know that she was suppose to be the villain, but I can't help but feel she's the most sympathetic character. Also, Carmilla is so good!
the background is looking good. there should be some bookshelf, moreover some other things too like a picture frame, etc.. the video is very informative. I have read Wuthering Height's & I like it.
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I love this format of video and would be very interested to see more of them! I think I have time for one more Victorian book this month so I'm considering reading the Hound of the Baskervilles as it's quite Halloween-y, and it's been ages since I read it!
I love your voice, your movement and your works ! Thanks, hope you have more video ^_^
hahahaha 😅 when you talked about turnip carving i thought of Bernadette Banner asap... i loved her last video on Halloween costumes... i loved your video as well!!! i want to read The Woman in White this year
I'm glad to find a fellow Bernadette Banner viewer! I loved it too -- a new video from Bernadette is always the highlight of my week.
I hope you enjoy The Woman in White, Angela! I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on it once you've read it!
This was so interesting! Thanks for sharing!💓 Love this video format.
Oh my bob please do a video on death traditions and books that mention these. Also please could you let me know where you were able to read the newspapers of the 1800’s? I’d love to read some Victorian newspapers. Many thanks
There’s a website called British Newspaper Archive and because I’m researching for a historical fiction novel at the moment, I’ve taken out a subscription but you also get 3 articles free. I’m a little obsessed with it because I love how it takes you back in time, reading newspapers from the past!
Oh wow! That is a rabbit hole I could spend the rest of my life down! Thank you.
I have just finished a reread of Lady Audley's Secret today.
I still love it.
And have you read the review at the last pages?
Wilkie Collins and Braddon were rivals!
Aw my favourite authors!
I carved a turnip a few years ago for Halloween, it was extremely difficult, it was so solid, no wonder we Brits eventually turned to pumpkins lol
I read Villette for Victober and all I can say is how underrated I think it is. It was the only book I read for the challenge, but I feel like I was able to fully appreciate the story and character development of Lucy Snowe. I daresay that Villette is just as brilliant as even Jane Eyre. Were you able to reread it? :)
Spooky VicLit: Hound of the Baskervilles/ACD.
It's the next ACD book I shall be reading and I cannot contain my excitement. I should have read it in preparation for this video!
@@lucythereader Imagine hearing that hound H O W L I N G in the distance, and you can see only an enormous shape, and no more. H O W L . HOWL. HOWLLLL.
TimeAndChance I'm intrigued! I've never read any Conan Doyle before (except some short stories in HS, which I hardly remember), do you think it's okay to start with The Hound of the Baskervilles? Or is it important to read the series in order? I'm not really interested in the other books 😅
@@OhSmexyGirlfriend IMHO it's fine. I read Hound 1st.
TimeAndChance Well thank you, friend! I'll be reading it then, just as soon as I finish The Talented Mr. Ripley 😊
this was so interesting! ^^
I love your vids so much! 💖
Thank you so much, Kristen! I'm so happy to hear that! x
Sooo The Picture of Dorian Gray. Warning ⚠️ non-specific allusions ahead
The scene you mentioned was quite horrific, yeah. But. Based on the reviews and lectures I’ve heard, that scene originally was far less graphic. After censure though Oscar Wild had to rewrite many parts and expand contents to publish it independently. And so Sibyl’s brother came to life and the scene now looks the way it looks.
Анастасія Калюжна Hmmmm, it's been 5 years since I read it and I can't remember what she's referring to, even though I loved the book so much! It's about time for a reread, I suppose 🤔
This was an interesting video idea and you suggested some good Victorian reads. My only suggestion for improvement would be to include a list of references that you used for your research. It's not clear where you got your information from and how reliable the sources are.
I’ve got a list but I forgot to add them into the description before I hit “upload”! I will add them now!
@@lucythereader Thank you. :) I like to read the source material of people's research.
@@BeatrixOnyx Understandable! Sorry I hadn't added them for when the video was uploaded. They're not perfect but I've tried to include the majority of my sources in the description -- they'll certainly be more detailed in the future!
@@lucythereader It's okay. :) It's an easy mistake to make. From what I gather from your videos, you seem to be a busy person so that's understandable how you forgot. I like the use of primary sources you used for your research (I studied history at uni so I like seeing them used lol).
Do you have any specific video on Russian Classics??? If you don't could you please make one??? I am very interested to learn about Russian Classics and your thoughts about them....
@@leona_99 could you please give the link here.. can't find it in search.
It also has a connection to the Catholic Feast All Hallows Eve.
Where do you go to do your research?
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My favourite book from this list is The Woman in White! I really like it very much!))
UGH I hated that book. It took me 9 months to finish reading it. I could not see what the big deal was. The only thing I can attribute to is that it was serialized when it first came out. I will still read the Moonstone, but if I get a single whiff of it being like WIW, I'm dropping it.
@@lindaharrison3240 Tastes are different, you know))
Have you read Lady Audley's Secret or anything else by Mary Elizabeth Braddon? If not, it might be just your thing!
@@lucythereader Unfortunately I have not read it, but in future this author is in my plan for reading)
@@lindaharrison3240 Well it's amazing you kept at it for months. 😅 I would've dnf'd if I disliked a book.