A Victorian Book Haul

[@radiantchristina]

What unique and interesting books ! Thanks for putting them on my radar. I keep Spurgeon and the psalms on my nightstand and often read it just before bed.

[@cheryll3448]

Kate, I come back to your channel again and again because of the obscure but charming literature you ferret out. 😊 It’s a delight to watch you gush over what you’ve read or what you are excited to read. Your enthusiasm for the quaint and lovely is contagious. Thank you!

[@emilykateisreading]

Memoirs of a Highland Lady looks fascinating! I am going to have to search for that one and add it to my TBR pile.. thanks Kate, a wonderful haul! 😀📚

[@kathleencraine7335]

Oh, I loved Crossriggs, so thanks for finding & linking that Findlater. I like Hesperus books; my copy of The Moorland Cottage is a Hesperus edition and I just finished a short bio of Eliz Gaskell in the Hesperus "Brief Lives" series. Mrs Blencarrow is on my Victober2024 TBR. Also that Persephone edition has 2 novellas by Oliphant: "The mystery of Mrs Blencarrow" and "Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamund", so Mrs Blencarrow is even shorter than you think.😊

[@angelaluz405]

Oh, I want a copy of the Stevenson letters so much!

[@jamiedianne6778]

I’ve been wanting some Scottish Victorian literature so I’m definitely going to be checking out some of these that you mentioned! I Hope you enjoy the Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow. I feel the same as you do about Margaret Oliphant, some of her books I love and some aren’t quite my thing.

[@elizabethaliteraryprincess]

Great haul! Thanks for introducing me to Hesperus Press. Time to look for books for my Christmas list!

[@ArtBookshelfOdyssey]

The Highland Lady diaries sound like a great follow up to the Kilvert Diaries that I am currently enjoying! I'll have to add that to next years Victober TBR!

[@BJPDesigns]

Well my Victober tbr just got bigger! Those books sound very interesting, especially The Green Graves of Balgowrie. I have another book by Hesperus Press and agree their editions are very nicely made. I was adding the books you mentioned to my Goodreads for Victober, and noticed there is an Acting Edition of Charley’s Aunt published by Samuel French. They are a well known publisher of books for actors and acting students. It might be nice for anyone who is going to be reading the play in the special group narration.

[@josmith5992]

I love all these hidden gems you keep unearthing Kate! Don’t stop! 😄

[@MicahHarris-k9m]

Aways happy to see you pop up in my youtube feed. I used to teach college British Lit. and I've learned new things from you since retiring! Your ongoing enthusiasm for Vic Lit is appreciated. You and your family are in my prayers.

[@katehowereads]

@@MicahHarris-k9m It's amazing just how much literature was written in that period. Thank you so much for praying for my family!

[@MicahHarris-k9m]

@@katehowereads You are most welcome. I appreciate your channel and your Christian position. You encourage me. I think you'd be interested to know that I am working on a book focusing a lot on Maud Hart Lovelace's husband, Delos. I'm aiming for the holidays this year to have it out.

[@katehowereads]

@@MicahHarris-k9m Wow! I would love a review copy if that's a possibility.

[@MicahHarris-k9m]

@@katehowereads I would be honored, Kate! :). Thank you so much for your interest in my Delos Lovelace project. Just let me know where to send it and you will have a copy coming your way when it comes out. :) P.S. I'm sorry if this message is a repeat; I posted earlier in response, but that one seems to have vanished from the thread, or maybe I didn't press "send."

[@katehowereads]

@@MicahHarris-k9m Awesome! Please email me at [e-mail] so we can coordinate.

[@deblawrence8341]

Hello dear Kate! Loved the books you shared with us (and so many excellent recommendations!). Fun fact for you: J.M. Barrie wrote a lovely book, "Margaret Ogilvy by her Son J.M. Barrie" in which he shared with his readers that his mother absolutely adored the books written by Robert Louis Stevenson, and actually preferred them over his books! 😄 What an good sport he was, to share this tidbit, and with humor to boot.

[@reader4532]

Love the "deep cuts" vibe in this book haul. It's a good reminder that the Victorian authors and titles readily available to us today from penguin and other major reprint houses offer only a small glimpse into the world of Victorian literature. Blessings to you and your family.😊

[@katehowereads]

@@reader4532 It is very fun to branch out!

[@melissarebecca8]

I've considered buying that edition of Spurgeon and the Psalms before; now I feel that I must!

[@BorderCollieInALibrary]

Thank you for sharing your lovely diary finds. Your recommendations are always spot-on for me. Maud was such a highlight for me this year 🤩🤩🤩

[@Fernie4243]

I love diaries and letters! I wish I was as good at writing them. Thank you for sharing. Have a blessed day!

[@katehowereads]

@@Fernie4243 haha, I wish I was too!

[@meghanthestorygirl4581]

You're reminding me how much I want to read Gaskell's letters!

[@katehowereads]

@@meghanthestorygirl4581 They are so delightful!

[@shelliclarke5563]

I am so excited with the copy of Charley's Aunt I just got in the mail. I can't wait to share what it looks like and the person who owned it.

[@dianameister475]

I’ve had Memoirs of a Highland Lady on my shelf for years. Can’t remember where I learned about it - but always thought it was a “Kate” recommendation. I think it’s time to take it off the shelf now and finish it! Thanks.

[@katehowereads]

@@dianameister475 I'm so grateful to Margaret Pinard for telling me about it!

[@KierTheScrivener]

Awww so many of these look delightful

[@elizabethbrink3761]

What a great haul!

[@carrie-leehurzeler7413]

The best book about the potato famine I’ve ever read was “Black Potatoes” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

[@novellenovels]

I just read a book about Charles dickens and totally agree with you. He was so horrible to everyone he knew especially his family

[@katehowereads]

@@novellenovels Right?! There's too many other authors whose lives I want to learn about.

[@royreadsanything]

Oh man that Malincourt cover is indeed beautiful!

[@katehowereads]

@@royreadsanything I was so excited to find it!

[@lynbaines2756]

I agree with you about Elizabeth Grant, really delightful. I read both of her memoirs about 10 years ago but, I think she becomes very involved in the Famine as her home was in rural Ireland. Happy Victober!

[@katehowereads]

@@lynbaines2756 Interesting! I'm very eager to see her take on the Famine.

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Ohhhh i bought Crossriggs when you first talked about it! I definitely need to get to it. ❤ I can't wait for our patreon reads next year for those under the radar books!

[@katehowereads]

@@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD It really is such a wonderful book! I am excited for what we will read!

[@SharonReads]

I can't wait to read Green Graves!

[@StephaniePatterson-jb5it]

I’m currently reading Salem Chapel. There was an edition of Stevenson’s letters that came out many years ago. It came to 40 volumes I believe. I am a devoted diary and letter person.

[@katehowereads]

@@StephaniePatterson-jb5it 40 volumes is insane!! What are some Diaries and letter collections that are your favorites?

[@StephaniePatterson-jb5it]

@@katehowereads Well, Mrs. Gaskell’s letters are among my favorites and I love Stevenson’s letters, but many of my favorites are larger collections or fall outside the Victorian period. I recommend Assassins Cloak edited by Alan Taylor and Sarah Gristwood’s “Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries.” Both books start at January 1, and the entries may span from the 16th to the 21st century. The Mitfords were wonderful letter writers. I recommend “Letters Between Six Sisters.” Nancy’s letters are collected in “With Love From Nancy” I actually bowed out of a New Year’s Eve party because I knew none of the guests (including me) would be as fascinating Nancy Mitford. There is also a separate collection of the letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh. “Decca” is a collection of Jessica Mitford’s letters and Deborah, the youngest Mitford can be found in a collection called “In Tearing Haste: The Letters of Deborah Mitford and Patrick Leigh Fermor.” In general these collections are edited either by Charlotte Mosley or Artemis Cooper. Every Christmas I read the correspondence between George Sand and Gustave Flaubert. (Simply because that’s the time of year I read it originally.) I have yet to finish a novel by Sand. The collection is edited by Francis Steegmuller and Barbara Bray.

[@katehowereads]

@@StephaniePatterson-jb5it Thank you for all these fabulous recommendations!

[@clarepotter7584]

Buying more second hand books than I can possibly read in October. Still. 'Rhys Lewis, Minster of Bethel' is enjoyable so far, first person narrative from birth, like 'David Copperfield'

[@darrylfriesen]

I can’t wait to get to Crossriggs, and Green Graves sounds incredible, too!!

[@katehowereads]

@@darrylfriesen I would love to hear what you think of it!

[@lisabailes1065]

I’d love to find a copy of Crossriggs! You gave it a glowing recommendation! ❤☀️❤

[@katehowereads]

@@lisabailes1065 I think you would really enjoy it!

[@BorderCollieInALibrary]

Not Victorian and (sadly) not a diary, but The Girl Who Drew Butterflies by Joyce Sidman was a lovely read. If your boys enjoy non-fiction, they might like this book. It popped into my mind when you were talking about Love Among the Butterflies.

[@katehowereads]

@@BorderCollieInALibrary I keep hearing about this book! It does sound like a good one to read with them.

[@Janstone77]

Hi Kate! New here. Where do you shop for books? Do you have favorite places? Interesting selection.

[@katehowereads]

@@Janstone77 I do almost all my book buying online. Abe books is where I buy most used books.

[@msrichardsreads]

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[@AJBell-dh6ry]

I have a complaint. Every time you come out with a video, I have more books I need to acquire!

[@katehowereads]

@@AJBell-dh6ry 🤣🤣🤣 Sorry but not sorry!

[@sandraraedeer4849]

Just found your channel, new subscriber.

[@Kornbhangra-hc2tf]

As someone who appreciates your channel, I humbly request you to expand your bookish interest to less obscure books. I just dont want you to disappear for months due to your low profile.

[@patriciapendlbury2603]

I love that she finds these books!! It's little gems that aren't the same classics over and over. There are authors out there that wrote amazing books.