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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Jun 4, 2021 12:22:15 GMT
Next on my reading list will be E. Nesbit, please recommend a story to read. Any of them really. Man-Size in Marble and John Charrington's Wedding are probably her best known short stories, but I'd start with From The Dead as a taster.
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Post by helrunar on Jun 4, 2021 13:19:54 GMT
I second Dr Strange's recommendation of "Man-Size in Marble." I don't think I've read that story he recommended as a taster. Will have to look for that.
She's mid 20th century rather than Victorian, but I also recommend a short story by Rose Macaulay, "Whitewash." Quite short but effective.
H.
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Post by Swampirella on Jun 4, 2021 13:57:29 GMT
I second Dr Strange's recommendation of "Man-Size in Marble." I don't think I've read that story he recommended as a taster. Will have to look for that. She's mid 20th century rather than Victorian, but I also recommend a short story by Rose Macaulay, "Whitewash." Quite short but effective. H. Just pointing out that you don't have to look far; "From the Dead" is in Grim Tales (Gutenberg).
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Post by helrunar on Jun 4, 2021 14:32:22 GMT
Hi Miss Scarlett,
I think I have an E. Nesbit collection on my kizmo. I just started re-reading Dionea because I had a hankering to dip into that world again after speaking of it to the Princess.
Now I have a hankering to see if "Stories Toto told me" by Baron Corvo is available for kindling. (It's not a horror/fantasy collection, but I think Vernon Lee might have been an influence--Corvo would have had conniptions if I had rashly suggested this to him. He had a very sharp temper; I've read a lot of his letters.)
cheers, Hel
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Post by Swampirella on Jun 4, 2021 14:49:32 GMT
Hi Miss Scarlett, I think I have an E. Nesbit collection on my kizmo. I just started re-reading Dionea because I had a hankering to dip into that world again after speaking of it to the Princess. Now I have a hankering to see if "Stories Toto told me" by Baron Corvo is available for kindling. (It's not a horror/fantasy collection, but I think Vernon Lee might have been an influence--Corvo would have had conniptions if I had rashly suggested this to him. He had a very sharp temper; I've read a lot of his letters.) cheers, Hel Here it is:
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Post by helrunar on Jun 4, 2021 14:57:55 GMT
Thank you dear! You are a gem. And of course, an accomplished Library Priestess!
cheers, Hel.
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Post by samdawson on Jun 4, 2021 18:14:32 GMT
I second Dr Strange's recommendation of "Man-Size in Marble." I don't think I've read that story he recommended as a taster. Will have to look for that. She's mid 20th century rather than Victorian, but I also recommend a short story by Rose Macaulay, "Whitewash." Quite short but effective. H. Man-Size in Marble is one of those never to be forgotten stories, I think. Having read it in childhood I have never since stood looking at an effigy of a knight in any church and not thought of it. I think the same associative power is in The Signalman also, you can't look into a signal box without recalling it.
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Post by Swampirella on Jun 8, 2021 18:42:02 GMT
Next on my reading list will be E. Nesbit, please recommend a story to read. Any of them really. Man-Size in Marble and John Charrington's Wedding are probably her best known short stories, but I'd start with From The Dead as a taster. I whizzed through "Grim Tales" last night; I must say that "Man-Size in Marble" is my favorite; I didn't re-read it last night, nor "John Charrington's Wedding"; sorry to say that all the other GT stories were pretty meh, including "From the Dead".
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Post by Dr Strange on Jun 8, 2021 21:16:35 GMT
Any of them really. Man-Size in Marble and John Charrington's Wedding are probably her best known short stories, but I'd start with From The Dead as a taster. I whizzed through "Grim Tales" last night; I must say that "Man-Size in Marble" is my favorite; I didn't re-read it last night, nor "John Charrington's Wedding"; sorry to say that all the other GT stories were pretty meh, including "From the Dead". I like the ambiguity of From The Dead. And that final line always creeps me out. I understand why Man-Size in Marble is considered a classic, but I've always felt there is something a bit ridiculous about it, and that the stuff about the broken finger is just a bit rubbish. Personally, I'd also put John Charrington's Wedding ahead of Man-Size in Marble - I suppose I just find walking corpses more creepy than walking statues. Actually, come to think of it, I don't know what "walking" has to do with it - all other things being equal, corpses just are more creepy than statues.
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Post by Swampirella on Jun 9, 2021 13:59:09 GMT
I whizzed through "Grim Tales" last night; I must say that "Man-Size in Marble" is my favorite; I didn't re-read it last night, nor "John Charrington's Wedding"; sorry to say that all the other GT stories were pretty meh, including "From the Dead". I like the ambiguity of From The Dead. And that final line always creeps me out. I understand why Man-Size in Marble is considered a classic, but I've always felt there is something a bit ridiculous about it, and that the stuff about the broken finger is just a bit rubbish. Personally, I'd also put John Charrington's Wedding ahead of Man-Size in Marble - I suppose I just find walking corpses more creepy than walking statues. Actually, come to think of it, I don't know what "walking" has to do with it - all other things being equal, corpses just are more creepy than statues. You make reasonable points; I haven't read JC's Wedding in a several years & didn't feel like doing so the other evening, so not sure how much I like(d) it, compared to MSinM.
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