tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post3442268531852469008..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: The Horror of It All: The Horrors of Oakendale Abbey (1797), by Mrs. CarverThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-17697963287385054632014-10-26T05:54:44.307-07:002014-10-26T05:54:44.307-07:00They pull us into the dark grave to lie with the c...They pull us into the dark grave to lie with the clutching corpse....[W]e have no escape from the terrors that await us behind the closed door or beyond the darkened grave.... <a href="http://www.gingernutsofhorror.com/" rel="nofollow">horror</a>Elizabeth J. Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824134730760179008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-64350254369397394122013-03-23T09:59:29.127-07:002013-03-23T09:59:29.127-07:00Darrell, that is pretty amazing timing. Yeah, Val...Darrell, that is pretty amazing timing. Yeah, Valancourt Press has a lot of enticing stuff.<br /><br />Dfordoom, Oakendale wasn't a bad book, just not as horrifying as the introduction and the blurb make it sounds, at least not to me.<br /><br />John, yes, I did find some of the footnotes superfluous, and this is even as someone who did a ton of annotated footnotes for my Todd Downing book, Clues and Corpses. By the way, Downing was familiar with Radcliffe and Walpole, mentioning them in connection with Mignon Eberhart and other thirties writers.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-24407941947775730312013-03-22T13:40:42.642-07:002013-03-22T13:40:42.642-07:00What timing! I just ordered this (and Bungay Castl...What timing! I just ordered this (and Bungay Castle, also from Zittaw Press) yesterday. I wanted to order one of the Valancourt Press offerings but it was a bit pricey. Based on your review (and John's comment) it might have been a better purchase...Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062628395256120383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-21575312644011383222013-03-22T05:27:42.731-07:002013-03-22T05:27:42.731-07:00I was bored with this one and never finished it. T...I was bored with this one and never finished it. The element of scholarly pretension in the edition is also a bit irritating like those vocabulary lessons in the footnotes you mentioned. I thought if I did like it I would end up doling a lot of money for other Zittaw Press offerings, but I soon forgot about the book and the publisher until I read this review. Valancourt Press has the best offering of genuine Gothic novels. Several years ago they reprinted all the "Horrid Novels" mentioned in Jane Austen's <i>Northanger Abbey</i>. Some of those still have the power to raise your eyebrows if not your hair. I'd recommend any of those. Charles Maturin, whose two books are still in print, is still in my estimation the best of the Gothic shock writers.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-88145745986245879192013-03-22T03:57:28.423-07:002013-03-22T03:57:28.423-07:00I'm quite a fan of the gothic so I'll keep...I'm quite a fan of the gothic so I'll keep a lookout for this one.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com