tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376834547901196785.post9073468922635218496..comments2021-04-26T13:53:56.214+01:00Comments on The Lost Victorian: Inspiration for the Time-travelling WriterMark A. Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818969735148964229noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376834547901196785.post-51807774307496271772013-06-22T00:04:11.693+01:002013-06-22T00:04:11.693+01:00A huge second for Jane Eyre from here too! I'...A huge second for Jane Eyre from here too! I'm a grown up now and I KNOW intellectually that Rochester is dishonest, patronising, manipulative and all round a bit of a tit. But somehow this critical analysis cannot compete with the fact that Rochester beats frilly shirts off Mr. Darcy, Heathcliff and any other hero you want to throw in the ring. Some rebel bit of my brain remains stubbornly at age thirteen on this issue : ) Magenta Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572496693006717595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376834547901196785.post-35187896393662040802013-06-19T12:28:36.238+01:002013-06-19T12:28:36.238+01:00More great suggestions. Wuthering Heights is one o...More great suggestions. Wuthering Heights is one of my favourite novels of all time. I'll be looking at that one more closely in the future :-)Mark A. Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818969735148964229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376834547901196785.post-61672368902464359422013-06-18T22:28:15.543+01:002013-06-18T22:28:15.543+01:00Hi Mark.I would add these to your list of books.
...Hi Mark.I would add these to your list of books.<br /><br />The fall of the house of Usher ; Edgar Allan Poe<br /><br />The moonstone ; William Wilkie Collins<br /><br />The strange case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde ; Robert louis Stevenson<br /><br />Wuthering Heights ; Emily Brontë<br /><br />Jane Eyre ;Charlotte Brontë<br /><br /><br />Thank you for the welcome:)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930807694755589139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376834547901196785.post-46671887210640279302013-06-18T16:58:19.656+01:002013-06-18T16:58:19.656+01:00Read it ages ago, can't remember much other th...Read it ages ago, can't remember much other than liking it - and yeah, especially at the end, not being entirely sure what stuff was happening and what was due to the vast amount of drugs swilling around the story! Lots of fun though. :-)Magenta Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572496693006717595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376834547901196785.post-2468716316443415142013-06-18T09:49:30.000+01:002013-06-18T09:49:30.000+01:00I have indeed read Drood. It was laden with atmosp...I have indeed read Drood. It was laden with atmosphere and period detail, wonderfully creepy, and the prose was fantastic. but it was so choppy, confusing and deliberately 'postmodern' that I couldn't say it actually inspired me.<br /><br />But what the hell was the Thing under the stairs?Mark A. Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818969735148964229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376834547901196785.post-50460704675517182202013-06-17T22:31:50.444+01:002013-06-17T22:31:50.444+01:00http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1847249329/ref=red...http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1847249329/ref=redir_mdp_mobile<br />This is a bit all over the shop and it's massive too, but I really enjoyed it :-)Magenta Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572496693006717595noreply@blogger.com