The Mysteries of Udolpho Readalong!
When I found out that a few people (including Cleo) were planning a summer read-along of The Mysteries of Udolpho, I begged to be allowed into the club. So here we are! I even made a badge in GIMP -- this was my first one, and it's pretty dang amateur but I had fun and learned skills. Cleo made one at the same time and it's a good deal prettier. So I'll alternate!
This is the most casual of read-alongs. Check out Cleo's post for details, but here's the schedule:
June 1 – 7 Chapters I – IV (Volume I)
June 8 – 14 Chapters V – XIII
June 15 – 21 Chapters IX – XIII
June 22 – 28 Chapters I – III (Volume II)
June 29 – July 5 Chapters IV – VI
July 6 – 12 Chapters VII – IX
July 13 – 19 Chapters X – XII
July 20 – 26 Chapters I – VI (Volume III)
July 27 – Aug 2 Chapters VII – IX
Aug 3 – 9 Chapters X – XIII
Aug 10 – 16 Chapters I – VII (Volume IV)
Aug 17 – 23 Chapters VIII – XII
Aug 24 – 31 Chapters XIII – XIX (end)
I don't have a physical copy of Udolpho, but I have a Kindle collection of the Horrid Novels, which includes Udolpho and The Italian as bonus content. (I read one of the Horrid Novels, The Castle of Wolfenbach, a while ago for RIP XII and it was a lot of fun.) So I'll be reading on my tablet. I did read this novel once, long ago in college, for fun over a break. I got a copy from the university library, which turned out to be from about 1850 and they still let me take it out of the building. I read it and C. S. Lewis' The Discarded Image at the same time and ended up with some very odd dreams. Anyway, I can't remember a thing about Udolpho, except what Isabella and Catherine talk about in Northanger Abbey -- what could be behind the horrid black veil??
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