#ClassicsCommunity 2021 Reading Challenge discussion

Heard about these books in a Northhanger Abbey movie I watched and want to read them. Has anyone read them? I need to read Northhanger Abbey too and I want to read Northhanger Abbey and Dragons.

I just finished The Mysteries of Udolpho and was very pleasantly surprised. Radcliffe does an excellent job of crafting a very suspenseful story. It's not high literature but it's certainly fun. I haven't read The Monk yet, but I might before the year ends. You probably couldn't go wrong with either one.

I think the "horrid novels" referenced in Northanger Abbey are:

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
The Italian by Ann Radcliffe
Clermont by Regina Maria Roche
Castle of Wolfenbach by Eliza Parsons
Mysterious Warnings by Eliza Parsons
Necromancer of the Black Forest by Ludwig Flammenberg
Midnight Bell by Francis Latham
Orphan of the Rhine by Eleanor Sleath
Horrid Mysteries by Carl Gross (translated by Peter Will)
The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

I definitely would like to read them all.

Cleo wrote: "I just finished The Mysteries of Udolpho and was very pleasantly surprised. Radcliffe does an excellent job of crafting a very suspenseful story. It's not high literature but it's cert..."

Me too, I want to read all of them they sound good. Good titles anyway. Can't wait to read Northhanger Abbey since I really enjoyed the film. I think one of my goals this year is to read all Jane Austen but, I don't know if I will because not sure if I will like it.

Cleo wrote: "I just finished The Mysteries of Udolpho and was very pleasantly surprised. Radcliffe does an excellent job of crafting a very suspenseful story. It's not high literature but it's cert..."

Except for The Monk, all these novels are compiled into one The Complete Northanger Horrid Novel Collection and I plan to read them all before rereading Northanger Abbey in Jane Austen July.

Barbara wrote: "Heard about these books in a Northhanger Abbey movie I watched and want to read them. Has anyone read them? I need to read Northhanger Abbey too and I want to read Northhanger Abbey and Dragons."

Currently, I am on Chapter 1 of The Mysteries of Udolpho and am planning on reading all nine horrid novels before rereading Northanger Abbey in Jane Austen July.

Lorri wrote: "Cleo wrote: "I just finished The Mysteries of Udolpho and was very pleasantly surprised. Radcliffe does an excellent job of crafting a very suspenseful story. It's not high literature ..."

That is great, I clicked on the link and then the Amazon link but it says that the book has typos and so I am not getting it at this time. Ebooks from some places are not good or acurate so I will wait on this or just get all the novels in book form as I can.

Probably won't get to them all this year but so cool to have a list and links.

I haven’t read either but I want to read both. Word on the street is that the Monk is quite salacious.

Barbara wrote: "Lorri wrote: "Cleo wrote: "I just finished The Mysteries of Udolpho and was very pleasantly surprised. Radcliffe does an excellent job of crafting a very suspenseful story. It's not hi..."

The Mysteries of Udolpho is available on Project Gutenberg and was last updated in 2018.