GOOD IN PARTS
The Text, The Whole Text, and Nothing But The Text
Saturday 1 May 2021 No. 235 Free
Most of the Classic Novels were first presented to the reader either in three volumes
or in weekly instalments, so the reader was used to the idea of reading the
book in parts. We have borrowed this presentation so that you, dear
reader, can try the experience. It may be particularly salutary for those
who are a little awestruck by some of the longer novels...
CONTENTS
Jerome K. Jerome: Three Men in a Boat
Ann Ratcliff: The Mysteries of Udolpho
A brief note from Polymathes on Northanger Abbey: as part of our cheer-up-during Covid, we now offer Northanger Abbey alongside The Mysteries of Udolpho.
Catherine Morland is regarded by many as Jane Austen's most comic
heroine (yes, more entertaining than even Mr Collins) because she is an
avid reader of Gothic Romances including Udolpho, training to be a Romantic Heroine Herself. So: read on, but keep the light on...
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