For whatever reason, I have a sudden urge to read gothic romances. Creepy manor houses, heroines in flowing nightgowns running down dark hallways, mysterious noises, all that sort of thing. Does anyone have any recommendations for well-written examples of that genre?
Angel: Just admit it: you think you're gonna ride in, save the day, and sweep Buffy off her--Spike: Like you're not thinking the same thing. Angel: I'm already seeing somebody. Spike: What, dog girl?
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Atropa - Apr 29, 2005 1:22:05 pm PDT #7548 of 10002
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Betsy HP - Apr 29, 2005 1:41:49 pm PDT #7549 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Mary Stewart, Nine Coaches Waiting. I assume you've already read Rebecca?
Atropa - Apr 29, 2005 1:44:28 pm PDT #7550 of 10002
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Mary Stewart, Nine Coaches Waiting.
I have not been able to find ANY Mary Stewart books that aren't part of the Hollow Hills series at any of the local used book stores. Deb told me I should read Thornyhold.
I assume you've already read Rebecca?
It will be (as of tonight) the current bath-time reading.
Betsy HP - Apr 29, 2005 1:47:39 pm PDT #7551 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Victoria Holt's Mistress of Mellyn is pretty good. Holt is a blurred photocopy of Stewart, but I like her early stuff.
Connie Neil - Apr 29, 2005 2:21:05 pm PDT #7552 of 10002
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Oh, gosh, Mary Stewart. Nine Coaches Waiting, Airs Above the Ground, Touch Not the Cat . . .
Madam, Will You Walk suffers a little from "you're troubled and mysterious, I think I love you" itis, but the scene where she's racing the train . . .
I should replace my copies, they're falling apart.
Betsy HP - Apr 29, 2005 2:36:37 pm PDT #7553 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
And The Ivy Tree is a wowzer. But Jilli's already said she can't find any Stewart.
Atropa - Apr 29, 2005 2:39:04 pm PDT #7554 of 10002
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And The Ivy Tree is a wowzer. But Jilli's already said she can't find any Stewart.
I sense some time spent on Half.com in my future ...
Connie Neil - Apr 29, 2005 2:46:19 pm PDT #7555 of 10002
brillig
And The Ivy Tree is a wowzer
Yup.
And may I put in a plug for Joan Aiken Hodge, a touch more contemporary than Mary Stewart and another author I need to find replacements for.
Consuela - Apr 29, 2005 3:11:22 pm PDT #7556 of 10002
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I rather like Barbara Michaels' gothic romances, since she's Elizabeth Peters. They're just Peters novels with more atmosphere and less funny.
Oh, and Madeleine Brent, who's terribly out of print now, but who has fantastically assertive gothic heroines with bizarre backgrounds. One of them was a circus performer, and another one was raised in an orphanage in China. I loved Brent, and I'm sad there are no more to be read, although I should track them all down so I have my own copies.
Beverly - Apr 29, 2005 3:20:32 pm PDT #7557 of 10002
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Jilli!
Scroll down past the first four entries. ALL of these are vintage wonderful Stewart. I need to replace my copies, too. They're all 60s-70s US PX copies from Germany, brown and crumbling. But oh so precious.
What about Charlotte Armstrong? Her cozy mysteries are fun.