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Originally Posted by BenG
I like the first part, the outward journey.
For most of the second half I just wanted to smother them both in their sleep.
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There's a weaker 100 pages or so in the return journey, but apart from that I found it gripping. Even in that weak bit there's a section where they remember a time when they were lovers on a train that circled the world to keep up with the slowly setting sun. Hard to believe it was written before WW1.
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Originally Posted by Kasper Hviid
17th century writing ... isn't the first letter of the nouns supposed to be capitalized?
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17th century? It was written about 1911 in a faux antique style. Some readers don't like the style. It's fine with me.
While we're on the subject of horror, and Hodgson, check out The House on Borderland. Now that's a creepy book, and totally insane towards the end.
Thanks for the other gothic book tips. I'll look into those. I never thought of reading The Ring.