Kindle and the Gothic Novel (book review)

May 02, 2012 19:35

I just finished reading my first novel on the Kindle: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, a late-18th-century gothic novel that was (very justly) satirized by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey.

The Kindle
Plusses: I can read free e-books without sitting at my computer.
Minuses: Is uncomfortable to hold, and awkward to turn pages. Perhaps I'm just ( Read more... )

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owlbait May 3 2012, 01:13:13 UTC
bahahaaha! I've always been curious about that book, thank you so much for reading it and sparing me the necessity :o)

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bri_himself May 5 2012, 07:55:00 UTC
That was without a doubt the best potted summary of Udolpho EVAR.

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