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Parsons, Eliza: The Castle of Wolfenbach:. v1.1, 5 Feb 2008
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The Castle of Wolfenbach (1793) is the most famous novel written by the English Gothic novelist Eliza Parsons. First published in two volumes during 1793, it was one of the seven "horrid novels" recommended by the character Isabella Thorpe in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey. Quote:
The novel details the adventures of Matilda Weimar, who escapes the clutches of her lecherous uncle to find sanctuary in the imposing German castle of the title. Exploring its eerie chambers she discovers a terrible secret regarding the disappearance of the Countess of the estate. This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
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02-07-2008, 11:48 PM | #2 |
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Interesting novel --- but I could have done with about HALF of its length. I read the first half; skimmed the next quarter .... and REALLY skipped through the last quarter. It was far too wordy for my taste! But thank you for posting it.
However, I wanted to mention: on the Kindle, at least, there is one quotation in italics .... and the italics then continue through the whole rest of the book. Perhaps other mobi-readers behave better; I don't know. The quote is "pride saves men oft, and women too, from falling". It is rightfully (I presume) in quotes. Perhaps an "end-quotes" symbol is missing after it? The italics stayed put till the last "The End -- made by BookDesigner" which was back to a normal font. The kindle calls the quote's location "2733" (is that a word count, perhaps?) but at any rate, you can search for the text of the quote. |
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02-08-2008, 01:34 AM | #3 |
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Thanks for pointing this out. I have fixed the problem with version 1.1
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02-08-2008, 10:58 AM | #4 |
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*gasp* I love this book!!!! Just read it recently, one of the Valancourt Books pbook re-releases. I got such a kick out of it. I think Catherine Morland read it too, before she went to Northanger Abbey.
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02-08-2008, 04:13 PM | #5 |
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Madam B, if you have now uploaded a new version, would you like me to alter the thread title to v.1.1?
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02-08-2008, 05:00 PM | #6 |
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02-28-2008, 07:18 AM | #7 |
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This is the only of the "seven horrid novels" I managed to find so far.Of all of them,the only one I'd REALY want to read is "The Necromancer,or the Tale of the Black Forrest" from Kahlert (Originaly credited as "Flammenberg",translated by Teuthold),which was published in 1794-214 years ago,yet I cant find a single online version,except a few isolated sentences on "Google books".Would anyone have that?
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02-28-2008, 10:14 AM | #8 |
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Well, you can buy a pbook version of The Necromancer from Valancourt Books -- they're republishing the "Northanger Novels." But I'd love to have them in ebook versions, of course! I keep meaning to write to them and ask them to publish Mobi versions...they'd be DRMed, of course, but I like the introductions and notes they've been including in the series. I remember looking for ebook versions of the horrid novels years ago when I first discovered Project Gutenberg...
I wonder if Chawton Library has them? Hmm. |
02-28-2008, 02:12 PM | #9 |
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I looked on Gutenberg,Wikisource and Google Books.Nothing,except Google has links.
And considering its 214 years old,Id REEEEALY expect it to be online SOMEWHERE. |
02-29-2008, 01:10 AM | #10 |
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The problem is that novels from that era, especially if they weren't really, really popular, weren't published in large amounts and weren't put away carefully and preserved in nice wood-paneled libraries. Many of them were sold to circulating libraries, and read by many people, not returned, torn up, etc. and then when no one wanted to borrow them anymore, were very likely thrown away. They weren't considered worth preserving. They're hard to get hold of these days, so no one who cares about such things has had access to digitize them. Let's face it, for a long time it was thought by Austen scholars that she had made them all up! I looked through Chawton Library's collection, and they haven't digitized any of the horrid novels yet. The University of Virginia has them all, I believe, but no digital versions yet.
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02-29-2008, 12:01 PM | #11 |
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well,youd consider it would be at least somewhat preserve in a church library or what not.
And I mean,of all of the seven,only "The Necromancer" seems to have REAL scary elelemts and is also widely praised today,too. |
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