It is a while since I read this title, but I found the idea of an Elizabethan manor house within the walls of a medieval castle a lovely one. I have had a holiday in the area and made sure I visited all the EG locations and Berry Pomeroy Castle was one of my favourites.
Miss Brown’s loss of her home and the building of a new life for herself miles away is very poignant. And there are so many of EG’s books where there is an unrequited love and the depictions of complex relationships that dismissing her writing as being overly sentimental and ‘it's just a romance’ is just a very simplistic take on her works.
Wonderful! This is such a beautiful novel and one that readers always enjoy when we discuss it together. I hope you can join us and share all of your experiences with us!
My copy is a 1st edition printed in 1942, by Duckworth during the second world war, a time when paper like everything else was in short supply. Although a hard back, it has not stood the tests of time well, warping and stained along its outer leaves. The cover is slightly torn and missing a piece from the back, a “bombed” book reflecting the subject matter.
There are over a thousand free subscribers who read the free posts each month and introductions for each discussion, so yes it is possible!
But the full posts and comment discussions are for paid subscribers. They include full posts each week to your email (usually 2) and also the link for the monthly live book zoom and/or video replay. Readers can use their free trial week from Substack to see if you are interested in joining for all of the content.
Since I spend several working hours per week reading, researching, writing, and community building, I really appreciate the financial support that allows me to run this bookclub! It is wonderful to be able to encourage readers to get into Goudge's work. 📚🌿
Miss Brown and her predicament tear my heart anew each time I read this novel. Knowing that Goudge wrote this and The Scent of Water as history unfolded makes the characters feel doubly real and personal. Her ability to speak so clearly yet gently of real, individual pain and suffering is what makes her stand out to me as an author who will appeal across time and readership.
I'll be joining in this month. This is the first time reading this novel for me.
So glad you can join us Jen! ❤️📚🙌
It is a while since I read this title, but I found the idea of an Elizabethan manor house within the walls of a medieval castle a lovely one. I have had a holiday in the area and made sure I visited all the EG locations and Berry Pomeroy Castle was one of my favourites.
Miss Brown’s loss of her home and the building of a new life for herself miles away is very poignant. And there are so many of EG’s books where there is an unrequited love and the depictions of complex relationships that dismissing her writing as being overly sentimental and ‘it's just a romance’ is just a very simplistic take on her works.
Wonderful! This is such a beautiful novel and one that readers always enjoy when we discuss it together. I hope you can join us and share all of your experiences with us!
What is the breakdown for the chapters per week that you are planning?
That will be in the intro post tomorrow, but for this week it is chapters 1-4 📚 But everyone is welcome to read at any speed they prefer!
My copy is a 1st edition printed in 1942, by Duckworth during the second world war, a time when paper like everything else was in short supply. Although a hard back, it has not stood the tests of time well, warping and stained along its outer leaves. The cover is slightly torn and missing a piece from the back, a “bombed” book reflecting the subject matter.
Lovely, Deborah! Hope you can join us! Yes, mine too is definitely worse for wear, with staining and the cover seems thinner than most hardbacks.
Do you have to be a paid subscriber to read along with the group? Always thought Castle on the Hill was amine of her under rated books
There are over a thousand free subscribers who read the free posts each month and introductions for each discussion, so yes it is possible!
But the full posts and comment discussions are for paid subscribers. They include full posts each week to your email (usually 2) and also the link for the monthly live book zoom and/or video replay. Readers can use their free trial week from Substack to see if you are interested in joining for all of the content.
Since I spend several working hours per week reading, researching, writing, and community building, I really appreciate the financial support that allows me to run this bookclub! It is wonderful to be able to encourage readers to get into Goudge's work. 📚🌿
Miss Brown and her predicament tear my heart anew each time I read this novel. Knowing that Goudge wrote this and The Scent of Water as history unfolded makes the characters feel doubly real and personal. Her ability to speak so clearly yet gently of real, individual pain and suffering is what makes her stand out to me as an author who will appeal across time and readership.
She has a way of bringing such hope too in the struggle! Definitely making for a transformative stories. 📚❤️🙏