Welcome my sweets, to a brand new, fortnightly feature here on Brocante: a scrumptious digest of all those books recently uploaded to Gutenberg that you and I might just end up treasuring forever.
I have been thinking about this for a while, but a new thread on the forum this morning has catapulted me into action, and so, every two weeks I will go through,
Now the thing is this: rooting through Gutenberg is rather akin to rooting through the biggest second-hand
Ok, so are you ready to discover a gem?
* Rilla of the Lighthouse by Grace May North, not only because the cover is sublime…
* Candy Making at Home by Mary M. Wright, because we all like sweeties don’t we?
* Dangerous Ages by Rose Macauley because she is really, rather excellent.
* Her Benny by Silas Kitto Hocking, because it remains an important piece of Liverpool literature…
* Our Little English Cousin, by Blanche McManus, because all the “Little Cousin” books are eccentrically delightful.
* The Laurel Health Cookery, by Evora Bucknum Perkins, because it looks oddly quirky…
* Aunt Jane, by Jennette Lee, because it is set in a hospital and what could be finer than that?
And finally…
* The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories, by Ethel M. Dell, because Dell is frothy and silly and even Miss Pettigrew adored her…
There now, that should keep you going for a couple of weeks shouldn’t it? You are welcome.x
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Thank you so, so much for taking the time to do this! I love these old gems, but find sorting through Gutenberg like looking for a needle in a haystack (yet have found some of my favourite authors thanks to your recommendations). I am stranded in Italy (married into it) where it is almost impossible to find books in English I can afford. Yet I am a person who needs to read like I need air and water. You are truly a Nurse Nightingale for my impoverished soul!
Hi Suzanne,an Italian here! Where do you live? I know of many used books store that sell english titles. As an alternative, do you know betterworldbooks.com? I like to buy my English titles there: cheap, free delivery worldwide and it funds literacy programs.
hugs from Milan
Anto
Thank you so, so much for taking the time to do this! I love these old gems, but find sorting through Gutenberg like looking for a needle in a haystack (yet have found some of my favourite authors thanks to your recommendations). I am stranded in Italy (married into it) where it is almost impossible to find books in English I can afford. Yet I am a person who needs to read like I need air and water. You are truly a Nurse Nightingale for my impoverished soul!
Hi Suzanne,
an Italian here! Where do you live? I know of many used books store that sell english titles. As an alternative, do you know betterworldbooks.com? I like to buy my English titles there: cheap, free delivery worldwide and it funds literacy programs.
hugs from Milan
Anto
Thanks for the lovely book suggestions.
Thank you Alison, this is a great addition to the blog! Is there an easy way to find the page with the different sort of files for ereaders? For instance if I open “Rilla of the Lighthouse”, is there a simple click or do I need to search Gutenberg? Whatever the answer is, thank you!
Good point Rose! I will get around to altering the links to the file pages soon. Makes a whole lot more sense!
Thank you Alison, this is a great addition to the blog! Is there an easy way to find the page with the different sort of files for ereaders? For instance if I open “Rilla of the Lighthouse”, is there a simple click or do I need to search Gutenberg? Whatever the answer is, thank you!
Good point Rose! I will get around to altering the links to the file pages soon. Makes a whole lot more sense!
Thanks for the lovely book suggestions.
Loving Rilla; definitely influences from LM Montgomery here. Thanks Alison.
Loving Rilla; definitely influences from LM Montgomery here. Thanks Alison.