poppyshake Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Has anyone here read this? Austen fans will know that this is the book that so deliciously frightened Catherine Morland in 'Northanger Abbey' and I did try and read it once (quite a few years ago) but never got further than a few chapters .. I just couldn't seem to get the plotline into my head. I would like to know what dreadful thing is behind the black veil so, is it a book worth persevering with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I recently researched this as I have been reading through Northanger Abbey where Austen makes several references to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 I recently researched this as I have been reading through Northanger Abbey where Austen makes several references to it aha .. well, if you read it, let me know what it's like. I think it has a fairly complicated plotline to start .. and because I kept putting the book down for lengths of time I always needed to go back to the start again. After doing this about four times I gave up .. but I had less time then, I think I'd get on better with it now (but the book long ago went to the charity shop ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I had actually made a note of the title to look up and read at a further date, I don't think I will read it soon as I have a lot to read, but if I do, I will revisit this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 bless you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I recently researched this as I have been reading through Northanger Abbey where Austen makes several references to it I noticed quite a few titles in Waterstone's on Saturday that looked familiar, including this one and The Monk, and I wondered if one of the publishers has decided to reprint some of these gothic novels referenced in Northanger Abbey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Maybe it is a conspiracy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 I noticed quite a few titles in Waterstone's on Saturday that looked familiar, including this one and The Monk, and I wondered if one of the publishers has decided to reprint some of these gothic novels referenced in Northanger Abbey. Chesil, there is mention of this and the Monk a bit further down the classics page. I think they are being re-published. I came across the Monk when I received my newsletter from Penguin Classics and ordered it on the back of that. I haven't started it yet, plan to do so very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 They're not being re-published, they've always been in print. I think what's happened is people are talking about them more so, obviously, more people are hearing about them and every few years a new edition gets released with a new cover. I have the OUP edition of Mysteries Of Udolpho from 1998 but there is a new edition out that was published in 2008 with a different cover. The same happens with The Monk, The Castle Of Otranto and even Northanger Abbey And poppyshake, Mysteries Of Udolpho is definitely worth reading - I hope you enjoy it this time round! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted February 26, 2010 Author Share Posted February 26, 2010 And poppyshake, Mysteries Of Udolpho is definitely worth reading - I hope you enjoy it this time round! Thanks Fi ... I'm sure I shall. I hadn't read a lot of classics when I attempted this one (I was punching above my weight definitely), but I've done a lot of reading since then (life is so hard sometimes ) and I'm sure I can get into it this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 I am probably going to read all of the mentioned titles as I am pretty sure they'll be on some of my course units when I start my degree again. I am going to hunt down them one by one and when I have read Udolpho i'll come here and talk about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Thanks Fi ... I'm sure I shall. I hadn't read a lot of classics when I attempted this one (I was punching above my weight definitely), but I've done a lot of reading since then (life is so hard sometimes ) and I'm sure I can get into it this time. Looking forward to hearing what you think of it And if you do like it, try The Romance Of The Forest - this is my favourite Radcliffe book and the first one of hers that I tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted February 27, 2010 Author Share Posted February 27, 2010 Looking forward to hearing what you think of it And if you do like it, try The Romance Of The Forest - this is my favourite Radcliffe book and the first one of hers that I tried. Was that the book Harriet Smith wanted Robert Martin to read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Yes, it was one of them - she mentioned 2, the other was The Children of the Abbey which I've never read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Hasn't Radcliffe also written A Sicilian Romance? I wonder it that one was mentioned in Northanger Abbey? It was at least mentioned by our professor in uni when he was talking about Northanger Abbey and the kind of gothic books that are mentioned in the novel. Has anyone read that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I have A Sicilian Romance but I've never got round to reading it. I read Udolpho, Romance Of The Forest & The Italian all around the same time and sort of Radcliffe'd myself out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Ah yes now that you mention it, I do remember there being The Italian as well I hope you didn't mean that some of the books were awful, just that you'd read so many of them in a row that you felt you needed to be reading something completely different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Definitely not awful! I'd read the 3 Radcliffes plus a load of other 'gothic' titles in a very short time span and needed a (big) break - somehow I never got round to reading ASR at all, must rectify that soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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