First, I want to thank Allie from A Literary Odyssey for hosting this blogging event. I've had so much fun and read so many great books the past couple of months. Here's what I finished during The Victorian Celebration.
I posted nine reviews:
- Our Mutual Friend, my eleventh novel by Charles Dickens, and now one of my favorites;
- Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, which has been on my TBR shelves for about five years;
- Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome K. Jerome, author of one of my favorite books;
- Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, on my TBR shelves for two years;
- The Odd Women by George Gissing, a Victorian author I'd never read before;
- The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit, a delightful Victorian children's book and one of my favorite reads this year;
- Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, a neo-Victorian which I first read more than 20 years ago;
- The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles; a neo-Victorian on my TBR Challenge list;
- L'Assommoir by Emile Zola, a French novel written during the same period (my sixth novel by Zola and my fifth in the Rougon-Macquart series.
I also hosted two giveaways. I'm really happy with all the books I finished in the last two months -- I'm only sorry that I wasn't able to read more. I still have a giant stack of books by Anthony Trollope unread!
How about you, bloggers? Did you get a lot of Victorians read this summer? Which were your favorites?
I wasn't part of the Challenge, but I would always add a vote for 'Our Mutual Friend'. I think it is an astounding novel.
ReplyDeleteI loved it! One of my favorite reads this year. I have four more by Dickens and I'm afraid they won't be nearly as good.
DeleteI seem to be stuck in the 1930s at the moment - not that I'm complaining. I'm hoping to read some more of Trollope's Palliser series soon.
ReplyDeleteWhat are you reading? I love that period between the wars. I do want to read the Pallisers, as soon as I finally finish the Chronicles of Barsetshire.
DeleteI've enjoyed reading your Victorian posts this summer. I'm all over the decades lately, but I am reading North & South at the moment and really like it. I missed your Agnes Grey post - must go and read that now!
ReplyDeleteI read North and South last year and LOVED it, one of my favorite Victorians. And have you read Wives and Daughters. Wonderful!!
DeleteWow, nine Victorians! Congrats... From your list, Our Mutual Friend is one that I look forward most.
ReplyDeleteI have finished 7 books plus three short stories. The wrap up post is here: http://klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-victorian-celebration-wrap-up.html
I saw your wrapup -- great list!! I still haven't read the OCS and I really want the Dickens Bicentenary. So many Victorians left to read!
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