"but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?"

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"but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?" Dec 19, 2021 13:12:45 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 19, 2021 13:12:45 GMT

Horrid Novel recommendations for Miss Catherine Morland.

"But, my dearest Catherine, what have
you been doing with yourself all this morning? Have you gone on with Udolpho?"
"Yes, I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil."
"Are you, indeed? How delightful! Oh! I would not tell you what is behind the
black veil for the world! Are not you wild to know?"
"Oh! Yes, quite; what can it be? But do not tell me I would not be told upon any
account. I know it must be a skeleton, I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton. Oh! I
am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it. I as-
sure you, if it had not been to meet you, I would not have come away from it for all
the world."
"Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished
Udolpho, we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or
twelve more of the same kind for you."
"Have you, indeed! How glad I am! What are they all?"
"I will read you their names directly; here they are, in my pocketbook. Castle of
Wolfenbach, Clermont, Mysterious Warnings, Necromancer of the Black Forest,
Midnight Bell, Orphan of the Rhine, and Horrid Mysteries. Those will last us some
time."
"Yes, pretty well; but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?"
"Yes, quite sure; for a particular friend of mine, a Miss Andrews, a sweet girl,
one of the sweetest creatures in the world, has read every one of them. I wish you
knew Miss Andrews, you would be delighted with her.

Here we recommend Horrid Novels for Catherine.We pick a genre of book and then we all suggest titles to shock our brave and daring lady.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

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"but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?" Dec 19, 2021 13:18:10 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 19, 2021 13:18:10 GMT

Dec 18, 2021 19:04:36 GMT 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr said:

Dec 18, 2021 18:45:49 GMT dem bones said:

The Val McDermid Northanger Abbey adaptation does not strike me as a book I'd want to read at all.

Maybe she did a more up to date list of horrid novels, a bit like this:

"Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished
Udolpho, we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or
twelve more of the same kind for you."
"Have you, indeed! How glad I am! What are they all?"
"I will read you their names directly; here they are, in my pocketbook. The  Rats, Slugs, The Sucking Pit, The Spiders,
Day of the Mad Dogs, The Nest, and The Hood. Those will last us some
time."
"Yes, pretty well; but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?"
"Yes, quite sure; for a particular friend of mine, a Miss Andrews, a sweet girl,
one of the sweetest creatures in the world, has read every one of them. I wish you
knew Miss Andrews, you would be delighted with her.

I had trouble picking them, and did it kind of at random. Perhaps you have better suggestions?
What horrid novels should appear in an updated Northanger Abbey?

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr
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"but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?" Dec 19, 2021 13:19:07 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 19, 2021 13:19:07 GMT

Dec 18, 2021 19:27:16 GMT dem bones said:

Dec 18, 2021 19:04:36 GMT 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr said:

Maybe she did a more up to date list of horrid novels, a bit like this

"Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished
Udolpho, we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or
twelve more of the same kind for you."
"Have you, indeed! How glad I am! What are they all?"
"I will read you their names directly; here they are, in my pocketbook. The  Rats, Slugs, The Sucking Pit, The Spiders,
Day of the Mad Dogs, The Nest, and The Hood. Those will last us some
time."

I've not read The Hood, but the rest are v. recommended.

An alternative selection. Eat Them Alive, Blight, Pestilence, Night Killers, Plague Pit, Worms and, for variations sake Dracula and the Virgins of the Undead. Get through them and you can survive anything the genre can throw up over you.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr
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"but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?" Dec 19, 2021 13:19:55 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 19, 2021 13:19:55 GMT

Dec 18, 2021 19:48:12 GMT 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr said:

"Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished
Udolpho, we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or
twelve more of the same kind for you."
"Have you, indeed! How glad I am! What are they all?"
"I will read you their names directly; here they are, in my pocketbook. Confessions of a Window Cleaner, Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Confessions From a Nudist Colony, Confessions of a Plumber's Mate, Confessions of a Travelling Salesman, Confessions of a Film Extra, and Confessions From a Haunted House. Those will last us some time."
"Yes, pretty well; but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?"
"Yes, quite sure; for a particular friend of mine, a Miss Andrews, a sweet girl,
one of the sweetest creatures in the world, has read every one of them. I wish you
knew Miss Andrews, you would be delighted with her.

I'm no expert, so you may feel that this selection could be improved. Please suggest alternatives if you feel I have left out the cream of these.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

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"but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?" Dec 19, 2021 13:20:36 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 19, 2021 13:20:36 GMT

Dec 19, 2021 11:19:06 GMT dem bones said:

Dec 18, 2021 19:48:12 GMT 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr said:

"I will read you their names directly; here they are, in my pocketbook. Confessions of a Window Cleaner, Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Confessions From a Nudist Colony, Confessions of a Plumber's Mate, Confessions of a Travelling Salesman, Confessions of a Film Extra, and Confessions From a Haunted House. Those will last us some time."

"Yes, pretty well; but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?"

I'm no expert, so you may feel that this selection could be improved. Please suggest alternatives if you feel I have left out the cream of these.

When she's through with the above, our heroine might like to try Confessions from the Pop Scene, Rosie Dixon: Confessions of a Lady Courier, Carry on Emmanuelle, The Ups and Downs of a Handyman, Keep It Up Downstairs, Confessions from the Olympics and (please approach with all due caution) Jim Moffat's Queen Kong.

But I wouldn't advise it

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

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"but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?" Dec 19, 2021 13:25:11 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 19, 2021 13:25:11 GMT

Our first is sporting violence and horror.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?