Kate Howe is a delightful Booktuber whose channel has great reviews of mysteries, fairy tale retellings, and classic literature. Every October she hosts a reading challenge of her favorite genre, Victorian literature. Since my last few months of reading have been heavy on theology, I'm looking forward to joining her for some lighter books.
First, I'll be doing the read-along of Jane Eyre. (My 12th time to read it.) In addition I've combed through my Kindle to see if I have any books from that era that I might tackle. Here are the top contenders:
A Dish of Orts - Essays by George MacDonald
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell (or Gaskell's bio of Charlotte Brontë)
Apologia Pro Vita Sua - Spiritual autobiography of Cardinal John Henry Newman (or his novel Loss and Gain)
I'd like to explore at least two of these Victorian poets: Francis Thompson (GK Chesteron was a fan), Thomas Hood, John Clare, Mathilde Blind (who wrote poems in protest of Darwin's view of man), William Ernest Henley, Jean Ingelow or Algernon Charles Swinburne.
I'm also considering a book of love letters between Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Should be fun!
The link to Kate's introductory video is here.
1 comment:
Thanks for the recommendations. I have never heard of a Dish of Orts or Scenes of a Clerical Life. I will have to fire up the kindle!
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