The Mysteries of Udolopho

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

Ch 2.5: well, that was fortuitius #nowedding #runningawayfromveniceinstead #awaywegotoudolpho #whichobviouslymeansmorecrying #udoplhoisfallingdown #totalmoneypit #emilysroomonlylocksntheoutside #anddontgetmestartedonthecreepyportrait #andthemissingwoman #thatsnotsketchyatall #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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ElizaMarie #FinallySomeGothicInThisGothicNovel #YayForTheTitleMakingSenseNow #Ghosts ??? 3d

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AllDebooks @ElizaMarie 😅 3d

Bookwormjillk Macaroni‘s This is Udolpho gives Welcome to Jurassic Park vibes 3d

AllDebooks At last, we get to the mysteries. I switched to audiobook and am more attentive. My eyes were glazing over reading the text, what with the scenery, crying, more crying, pantomime drama/villian. I know so many people who love this gothic classic, that I don't want to bail. Here's hoping Radcliffe #RampsUpTheSpooky 3d

Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks I‘m hoping that now, after 18 chapters, we‘ll start getting the good stuff. The veiled portrait seems like a promising start right? 3d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk first she doesn‘t read the papers, now she doesn‘t look at the portrait , this girl is killing me! 3d

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I‘m sure she will if she can ever find it again 2d

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk 🤞 I hope so. 2d

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead she reminds me of Ruth, with all her timid, obedient goodness. Where's your curiosity at girl? #SneakAPeek 2d

mcctrish Am I the only one who wonders if the mystery woman is the one Emily‘s dad had a picture of? Also honestly I feel like there was slightly less crying 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Hooray, something is happening! Other than Emily being mean to Annette. Hoping for a ghost sighting 🤞🏻 @mcctrish Ooh, I bet you‘re right! 2d

peanutnine @mcctrish I thought the same thing! Hopefully she can find the portrait again in that maze of a castle 2d

mcctrish @peanutnine does Emily actually keep anything ? Why did she burn those papers ?! 2d

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ElizaMarie

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

#StopCrying #HashTagBrigade

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 5d

AllDebooks 😅 5d

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 soooooooo much crying 5d

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dabbe I also have a question: with all the descriptions about nature (verdant verdure, of course), how come Radcliffe never describes Emily's face and eyes being puffy from all that wailing? 🤔😂🤩 4d

ElizaMarie @dabbe yes!!!! I‘m super curious what she looks like —- I wonder if she is an ugly cryer!? (edited) 4d

julieclair Surely she‘s a pretty crier…. like that could be possible… 😂 4d

dabbe @julieclair 😂 I also worry about Emily's physical heart: it's rapturous seeing all the verdant verdure and then completely devastated recalling Valancourt ... she's going to push herself into a heart attack! 😂 4d

dabbe @ElizaMarie Well, since she's so beautiful and dutiful and writes gorgeous sonnets, perhaps she cries beautifully and gorgeously as well. 😂 4d

julieclair @dabbe Perhaps all the swooning and resting because she‘s “feeling ill” will protect her heart… 😂 4d

dabbe @julieclair 🎯! 😂 4d

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BarkingMadRead

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

Ch 6: of I‘m up, I may as well read 🤷🏻‍♀️ #anyway #popsandemleaveVbehind #heswappedbooksonthesly #romanticorcreepy #youdecide #popsgetsnewsthathesbroke #ibetthatgaveQMuchjoytotell 🙄 #popstakesabadturn #nowheretogobutacreepychateau #popspassesoutsoemgoesforhelp #finallyfindsomehelp #dudetellsastoryaboutamarchioness #popsisoddlymoved #hmmmmm #timetogohome #staytuned #whew #imadeit #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish I think we have another clue to the picture pops was kissing fervently ( truth be told, first thing I thought of when they spied the turret in the forest was “vampires, get the fuck away!” 2w

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Bookwormjillk Long chapter. #FreeMichael he deserves a raise. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk poor Michael! 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🧛🏻🧛🏻🧛🏻 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Very mysterious! 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk #freemichael it‘s like he‘s one of the donkeys 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2w

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BarkingMadRead

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

Ch 5: more traveling #anotherlongwalk #lotsofverdantverdure #radcliffereallylovesthosetwowords #anyway #theycomeuponashepherd #thegypsiesstoletheirsheep #soofcoursepopsandemilygivethemmoney #Vgivesmostofhisaswell #ontothenexttown #tomorrowtheyseparate #everyoneissad #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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mcctrish Not the last of these gypsies I wonder ? 2w

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AllDebooks I have to say I'm really enjoying the landscape scenes. 2w

dabbe @AllDebooks They remind me (in a way) of the opening travel scene with Harker going to Transylvania to meet Dracula. Only in that book it's the Carpathian mountains; here it's the Pyrenees. 2w

dabbe I sense a little love in the making for Emily and Valancourt. What a name, btw! 🤩 2w

AllDebooks @dabbe yes, exactly that. 2w

ElizaMarie @dabbe ooooo!!!! I kinda thought so, but couldn‘t figure out the age difference (it might have said and I missed it) 2w

Bookwormjillk Didn‘t V get shot last time they separated 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @ElizaMarie I think V is close enough to Emily‘s age to make a good match. Her father certainly seems to be encouraging it. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk hopefully history doesn‘t repeat itself! 2w

AnishaInkspill @Clare-Dragonfly and I think it helps that Aurbet had met the elder Valencourt 2w

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Bookwormjillk

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

Okay here we go. #HashtagBrigade #BoringKindleCover

BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead Woohoo! I‘m almost done with chapter one 3w

ElizaMarie Is this a this a chapter a day? 3w

Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie Yup #HashtagBrigade with @barkingMadRead 3w

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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I haven't started yet, but taking a picture of the cover felt like an important first step :) 3w

BarkingMadRead It‘s very important!! @ElizaMarie I can add you to the tag list if you‘d like, it will take us 2 months at a chapter a day 3w

ElizaMarie @BarkingMadRead - please add me :) I am going to finish Chapter 1 shortly :) Got the same Kindle Version @BookWormJillK - You are spot on --- #BoringKindleCover also #LongestSentenceEVER 3w

dabbe Soooooo muuuuuuuch descriiiiiiption in Ch. 1. 😳 3w

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Morr_Books

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

My work life continues to be constant, stressful, and exhausting, so today I am having a long overdue self-care day. After seeing all the wonderful Litsy posts regarding all the different October readathons, I decided to have a cozy morning with my coffee and a book I've been meaning to read for decades. Happy Saturday, everyone!!!

Suet624 Congrats on caring for yourself. Enjoy! 1mo

Ruthiella Enjoy. I find work draining as well. Books and the weekend are my refuge. 1mo

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 1mo

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deeannloso

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. After Emily St. Aubuert is imprisoned by her evil guardian, Count Montoni, in his gloomy medieval fortress in the Appenines, terror becomes the order of the day. With its dream-like plot and hallucinatory rendering of its characters' psychological states, The Mysteries of Udolpho is a fascinating challenge to contemporary readers.

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DebinHawaii

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

#FallTreasures

Today‘s prompt is a book you did not finish. Here‘s 6, each a #ADNF for me. Note the thing they have in common—all are #chunksters I have a short attention span sometimes & if a book doesn‘t totally grab me or another competes, I have a hard time staying with them. 🤷🏻‍♀️📚

Some of these (the top row) I do intend to finish one day. I‘m about 2/3 through the tagged book & just need to recommit to Serial Reader & finish it up.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

bibliobliss I‘m currently reading “Jonathan Strange” & “1Q84” but they are both slogging a bit for me 😐 3y

5feet.of.fury I couldn‘t even make it through the NOS4A2 tv show. 3y

DebinHawaii @bibliobliss I just have trouble getting through the slog. 😉 3y

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DebinHawaii @5feet.of.fury Good to know. I haven‘t watched it as I was going to try and read the book first.😆 3y

TrishB I didn‘t finish Jonathan Strange. Loved NOS4A2 and Outlander. 3y

TiredLibrarian I tried Les Mis 3x before I gave up & figured I could just appreciate the tale in all its other forms 😅 I finished Outlander because it was a book group read, but I detested it, which I know is an #unpopularopinion 3y

Eggs Great collage-I fear chunksters too 3y

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Librarybelle

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

Two readalongs in October, and I'm hosting one of them! I think I'll be a little busy reading....but this should be incredibly fun!
#UdolphoRead #ImpossibleRead

BrainyHeroine

Andrew65 Loved

The Historian

MinDea I loved The Historian! 7y

Librarybelle @Andrew65 @MinDea I'm very excited to read it...have owned it for quite awhile, but this will be a first time read. 7y

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Andrew65 @Librarybelle Enjoy. 😊 7y

litmuggle I really need to re-read The Historian, it's one of those books I know I loved but I can't remember. 7y

Librarybelle @litmuggle I have a few books like that too! 7y

MinDea I had a hard time with the book and so I switched to audio and I really liked it 7y

Librarybelle @MinDea Sometimes audio is the trick...I've had the same thing happen from time to time 7y

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Rachbb3

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

Amazon order came in. 😁😀

#bookhaul
#bookmail

mcipher Mary Stewart! Love her. The Moonspinners is a really good one. The first page sucks me right in every time. 7y

Rachbb3 @mcipher I loved the movie when I was young and had no idea it was a book until I saw it on here. I immediately put it in my Amazon cart. 😀 7y

mcipher I have never seen the movie! Hailey Mills, right? I need to watch it. 7y

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Rachbb3 @mcipher Lol, yes. 7y

PurpleyPumpkin Nice haul! Might you be joining @Librarybelle's #udolphoread in October? Looks like you're all set. 👍🏽 7y

Rachbb3 @PurpleyPumpkin Yes, I am. 😀 It's going to be my Halloween read. 🎃 7y

Librarybelle @Rachbb3 @PurpleyPumpkin I think it will be a good Halloween read! Thanks for joining! 7y

rubyslippersreads Great choices! 7y

Bradleygirl Mary Stewart!!!!! 😍 7y

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Jas16

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

My #classicstbr. I was doing so well for awhile there zipping through classics that I had never gotten around to! I need to get back to that darn it. #junebookbugs

jenniferw88 Hope you enjoy the mysteries of Udolpho - it's one of my favourites by her, the other being

The Italian

erzascarletbookgasm I thought I was staring at my own TBR books 😂..🙌🏼 Hope you get to these soon :) 7y

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