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Octoberwoman
Nantucket Woman | Diana Gaines
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

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rwmg
The Romance of the Forest | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Chloe Chard
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Mehso-so

While fleeing Paris, conman La Motte is forced to take under his wing Adeline, on the run from her father, who is trying to force her into becoming a nun.

Although the effects of scenery on people's moods are important all through the book, the author really goes overboard with the travelogue sections of vol. 3, apparently based on travel books of the time. This striving for geographical realism is odd given how unrealistic the people are.

AnishaInkspill it's so brilliant that you read this, I thought about it but remembering Udolpho didn't help, what's amazing is how popular these novels were in their own time. One day I will go back to Udolpho and maybe even read this. 3w
rwmg @AnishaInkspill I read Udolpho a very long time ago and found it quite tedious, but this has the advantage of being shorter. 3w
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The Romance of the Forest | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Chloe Chard
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rwmg
The Romance of the Forest | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Chloe Chard
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dabbe
Celestina | Charlotte Smith
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lil1inblue 🌹 💖 🌹 3mo
TheSpineView 😍😍😍 3mo
dabbe @lil1inblue 💙❄️💙 3mo
dabbe @TheSpineView 💙❄️💙 3mo
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Celestina | Charlotte Smith
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TheSpineView Lovely ❤️ 6mo
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lil1inblue 💛 🌹 💛 6mo
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IndoorDame 💜💙💜 6mo
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TieDyeDude
Letters | Horace Walpole
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#litsylove #litsyloveblitz My oldest letter to respond to is about 3 months back, but I have decided once again to send every LitsyLove member a postcard, so my letter writing will be further delayed. I'm happy with the idea, though, so hopefully this goes smoothly 😜

dabbe Does it have a 🫎 on it? 🤩🤩🤩 8mo
Read4life 🤓🤓🤓 8mo
Texreader @dabbe I loved that postcard!! 8mo
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TieDyeDude @dabbe @texreader ❤️❤️ I was so happy when I found those cards! No moose this time, though 😉 8mo
Bookwormjillk I was thinking of doing the same around Halloween. We‘ll see. 8mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📮💌💙 I‘m was thinking that I need to start Christmas cards soon!! 8mo
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TieDyeDude
Letters | Horace Walpole
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#LitsyLove is a truly international group! Check out the map of where our members are from.
If you love snail mail and want to join our group, email @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks at loverofbooks75@gmail.com 💌

Deblovestoread Love seeing the map. 10mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this!! 10mo
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TieDyeDude
Letters | Horace Walpole
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#litsylove progress today is slower than planned, but I got through February, and I'm now replying to mail from March! 😁 #SlowMailisBetterThanNoMail
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Haha! I‘m working on mine too! 📝📮 10mo
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I ended up enjoying this, although I got a bit tired of Evelina‘s worshipful letters to her foster father. She was almost too good (and sometimes too naive) to be true . I also found the twist at the end pretty unbelievable.

I loathed Mme DuVal and the Branghtons. Captain Mirval was a jerk, but sometimes funny. Clement was a creep, and Lord Orville was, like Evelina, almost too good to be true. So I guess they were meant to be together. ⬇️

Deblovestoread What a beautiful edition 💜💚💜 11mo
rubyslippersreads ⬆️ I‘ve always wanted to read this book—thanks to @TheAromaOfBooks for organizing this group read.

Pictured is my mom‘s copy, published in 1904. I love the Hugh Thomson illustrations.
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TheBookHippie Beautiful copy!!! 11mo
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TheAromaofBooks Oh what a fun edition!! Thank you for reading along with me!! I did overall enjoy this one, but definitely found the pacing to be uneven. The sections with Evelina's terrible relatives...!!!!! Way too long 😂 11mo
LeahBergen Beautiful edition! 11mo
Clare-Dragonfly Oh, I love the illustrations! Thanks for sharing them! 11mo
batsy Beautiful edition! And your mum's copy 💖 11mo
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