Fascinating stuff. Thanks Kate. I have read Lady Audley's Secret and the Woman in White but never East Lynne. I sometimes think I should as it get referred to so by characters in other books.
Have your 100th like on this video from me, Kate. Wonderful talk, thank you! I’m looking to buy some original Penny Dreadfuls but I’m not sure from where yet. Wish me luck!
I love reading sensation novels. They are so difficult to put down. The Woman in White felt like I was watching a fast-paced series. Each chapter ends dramatically with readers wanting to know what happens next.
I'm 35% through Lady's Audley's Secret and came back to watch this video a year late because I am now obsessed with the genre of sensation novel! I can't believe I had totally written them off completely previously thinking that I wouldn't like them because I thought they were more like gothic novels and/or pulp fiction.
i remember reading a description of how terrifyingly fast the new-fangled train was, with the deafening noise, fire of the steam engine, filthy soots and smoke - it was gripping until it mentioned the terrifying speed - 25mph!
I am currently reading Woman in White and I’m loving it! Next on my sensation novel reading is definitely going to be Lady Audley’s Secret! The genre is so fun.
Oh, yes, Thomas Hardy has definitely been influenced by sensation novels. His plots have so many twists and secrets. Mayor of Casterbridge is the most notable example. Great video! I have just read Lady Audley's Secret and am ready to explore this genre further.
Lady audley secret I am reading now but taking my time with it reading in bits .but it is really easy to read not hard to get into so it’s always easy to get into again if you stop for abit .but I have been really liking it a lot .
Agatha Christie is a good one even though her novels are early 20th century. for me it holds a mystery to be found and catch the person. she was a great sensation novelist.
I completely agree that sensation novel were the thrillers of their time. I, of course, love The Woman in White. I read East Lynne last year for Victober and enjoyed it. I haven't read Lady Audley's Secret yet but it has been on my list of books to read for a while. Great video!
I'm currently reading "The Woman in White" and I love it! It's my first sensation novel. I'd love to see the comic opera spoof of a sensation novel! Apparently, I need this in my life. You've done so much research on this. Great job!
I’m a sensation loving gal! Wilkie Collins, M. E. Braddon, and Sheridan Le Fanu are favourites. I have George Moore’s Esther Waters on my TBR this month and didn’t know he was considered a sensation writer. Tenant of Wildfell Hall fits the criteria - duel narrative, domestic secrets, and a feeling of tension. Wuthering Heights? Love the quote from Trollope. What a guy ❤️. It’s only a matter of time before I give Penny Dreadfuls a try. Thanks Kate! -Deb
Great video, Kate! This is really interesting and informative! It's not something I think about often with classics, but should. Unless I'm already familiar with a history of or the publication of a book, I tend to think about what readers today think and wondering if _this person_ has read the book and what they think. Things like that. I really like the way sensation novels are said to be Romantic + realism. I wonder if there were certain local or world events that happened, things in history that influenced literature to progress this way and why public interest started to gravitate that way- especially noting you say it starts to flourish in the 1860s.
I don't think I have already read a sensation novel, but as I love Victorian literature so much, it will surely happen. This video was really very interesting, thank you ! I took notes ;)
Reynolds was indeed one of the biggest authors of his times, I think he kind of straddled the penny dreadfuls and the sensation novel period, but he seems to be pretty much forgotten now. I know Valancourt have reissued his two series of Mysteries of London and The Necromancer, but otherwise he's pretty hard to get in print. Even Gutenberg only have a couple of his books. Can't help you with A Sensation Novel, not least cos the original music for it is almost entirely lost, but apparently Gilbert recycled it some years later into Ruddigore. So, next best thing?
There was a copy of my namesake Varney the Vampire in my school library, when I was about ten or eleven. I have resisted the temptation to read it since it was about 2000 pages long. I get the impression penny dreadfuls were like comics.
I definitely did learn from this! I really thought Penny Dreadfuls were sort of comics rather than stories. I don't think I've ever read a true sensation novel.
Such an interesting and informative video :D I so agree about modern day thrillers and their abuse of sex and violence against women! I tend to almost never read them and all those I've heard about seem to be the same old boring stuff. Sensation novels on the other hand, are some of my favourite books to read! What great lesser known books in that genre would you recommend?
That was great! Ilove sensational novels and I dislike modern thrillers, they darkness seems for me a lot more artificial as in the sensational novels.It would be wonderful if you sometimes comment s a sensational novel here.I do not know if The scarlet Pimpirnel is considered a sensation novel , I found it absolutely gripping.Thank you for this video, so enjoyable !
Have you read G.K. Chesterton's essay "In Defense if Penny Dreadfuls"? My first sensation novel was Lady Audley's secret. I didn't even know its fame as such. I can't vouch for other books of the genre, but I appreciated LAS for dealing with "sensational" topics without ever being tawdry.
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Fergus Hume-australian XIXth century writer. I truely recommend his " The mystery of a hansom cab". It was also a bestseller in Victorian Britain!
Fascinating stuff. Thanks Kate. I have read Lady Audley's Secret and the Woman in White but never East Lynne. I sometimes think I should as it get referred to so by characters in other books.
Have your 100th like on this video from me, Kate. Wonderful talk, thank you! I’m looking to buy some original Penny Dreadfuls but I’m not sure from where yet. Wish me luck!
I love reading sensation novels. They are so difficult to put down. The Woman in White felt like I was watching a fast-paced series. Each chapter ends dramatically with readers wanting to know what happens next.
I'm 35% through Lady's Audley's Secret and came back to watch this video a year late because I am now obsessed with the genre of sensation novel! I can't believe I had totally written them off completely previously thinking that I wouldn't like them because I thought they were more like gothic novels and/or pulp fiction.
This was all so interesting!
i remember reading a description of how terrifyingly fast the new-fangled train was, with the deafening noise, fire of the steam engine, filthy soots and smoke - it was gripping until it mentioned the terrifying speed - 25mph!
I am currently reading Woman in White and I’m loving it! Next on my sensation novel reading is definitely going to be Lady Audley’s Secret! The genre is so fun.
Oh, yes, Thomas Hardy has definitely been influenced by sensation novels. His plots have so many twists and secrets. Mayor of Casterbridge is the most notable example.
Great video! I have just read Lady Audley's Secret and am ready to explore this genre further.
Lady audley secret I am reading now but taking my time with it reading in bits .but it is really easy to read not hard to get into so it’s always easy to get into again if you stop for abit .but I have been really liking it a lot .
Agatha Christie is a good one even though her novels are early 20th century.
for me it holds a mystery to be found and catch the person. she was a great sensation novelist.
This was both fascinating and informative! That's so interesting about the similarities of penny dreadfuls then and video games now.
So interesting! I feel like I'm learning so much about this period from each of your recent videos! Thank you
I completely agree that sensation novel were the thrillers of their time. I, of course, love The Woman in White. I read East Lynne last year for Victober and enjoyed it. I haven't read Lady Audley's Secret yet but it has been on my list of books to read for a while. Great video!
I am loving your Victober videos, Kate! This was very interesting, I learned a lot. Thank you :) And now I must read Ellen Wood and Ouida!
I'm currently reading "The Woman in White" and I love it! It's my first sensation novel. I'd love to see the comic opera spoof of a sensation novel! Apparently, I need this in my life. You've done so much research on this. Great job!
I’m a sensation loving gal! Wilkie Collins, M. E. Braddon, and Sheridan Le Fanu are favourites. I have George Moore’s Esther Waters on my TBR this month and didn’t know he was considered a sensation writer. Tenant of Wildfell Hall fits the criteria - duel narrative, domestic secrets, and a feeling of tension. Wuthering Heights? Love the quote from Trollope. What a guy ❤️. It’s only a matter of time before I give Penny Dreadfuls a try. Thanks Kate! -Deb
Great video, Kate! This is really interesting and informative! It's not something I think about often with classics, but should. Unless I'm already familiar with a history of or the publication of a book, I tend to think about what readers today think and wondering if _this person_ has read the book and what they think. Things like that. I really like the way sensation novels are said to be Romantic + realism. I wonder if there were certain local or world events that happened, things in history that influenced literature to progress this way and why public interest started to gravitate that way- especially noting you say it starts to flourish in the 1860s.
I don't think I have already read a sensation novel, but as I love Victorian literature so much, it will surely happen. This video was really very interesting, thank you ! I took notes ;)
Reynolds was indeed one of the biggest authors of his times, I think he kind of straddled the penny dreadfuls and the sensation novel period, but he seems to be pretty much forgotten now. I know Valancourt have reissued his two series of Mysteries of London and The Necromancer, but otherwise he's pretty hard to get in print. Even Gutenberg only have a couple of his books.
Can't help you with A Sensation Novel, not least cos the original music for it is almost entirely lost, but apparently Gilbert recycled it some years later into Ruddigore. So, next best thing?
So many fascinating examples!! And hey, I have a VHS player--kept for exactly such eventualities! Is the listing still up?? 😝
There was a copy of my namesake Varney the Vampire in my school library, when I was about ten or eleven. I have resisted the temptation to read it since it was about 2000 pages long. I get the impression penny dreadfuls were like comics.
I definitely did learn from this! I really thought Penny Dreadfuls were sort of comics rather than stories. I don't think I've ever read a true sensation novel.
Such an interesting and informative video :D
I so agree about modern day thrillers and their abuse of sex and violence against women! I tend to almost never read them and all those I've heard about seem to be the same old boring stuff. Sensation novels on the other hand, are some of my favourite books to read! What great lesser known books in that genre would you recommend?
That was great! Ilove sensational novels and I dislike modern thrillers, they darkness seems for me a lot more artificial as in the sensational novels.It would be wonderful if you sometimes comment s a sensational novel here.I do not know if The scarlet Pimpirnel is considered a sensation novel , I found it absolutely gripping.Thank you for this video, so enjoyable !
Have you read G.K. Chesterton's essay "In Defense if Penny Dreadfuls"? My first sensation novel was Lady Audley's secret. I didn't even know its fame as such. I can't vouch for other books of the genre, but I appreciated LAS for dealing with "sensational" topics without ever being tawdry.