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Historical Fiction
1. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
2. Master and the commander by Patrick O'Brian
3. Affinity by Sarah Waters
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... a list here of the best of them.
As the thread started out that way, I'll kick off with anything by Sarah Waters - Affinity is wonderful, as is Tipping the Velvet. You might also try 98 Reasons For Being, Arthur and George, The Unburied, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Gre ... Well, so far, these are the top contenders:
Affinity 4
The Finishing School 5
Huckleberry Finn 6
An Equal Music is also intriguing because it has such unequal nudges, but I think I won't start with that one.
I have to confess I did read Huckleberry Finn far back in my ... Affinity, definitely - a gripping, moving read. Here's a nudge (and a big one) for Affinity - very different and utterly un-put-down-able, and a non-nudge for Mistress of the Art of Death though admittedly, I didn't actually get to finish it because it was so terrible. ... it is a good mystery (though not an excellent one, mind you), The Finishing School because I love Muriel Spark, and Affinity because I like Sarah Waters' style. I'm nudging Affinity. It's darker than Sarah Water's other work, but just as compelling and it brings the darker side of life in Victorian alive brilliantly.
... Harris
An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
On the Side of the Angels by Betty Miller
Brittania Mews by Margery Sharp
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
The King in the Window by Adam Gopnik
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Mistress of ... >7 Ooh - I read Affinity - a good choice for Halloween. (Tipping the Velvet is Waters' best book, if anyone is looking for a finely wrought Victorian mystery).
>6 Season of the Witch does sound interesting! Thanks, Tiare.
I just got a copy of Nocturnes by John Connolly which ... Good job, BKieras, it is Affinity, and you are up next. I think you have the author right, but I believe it's Affinity. ... and The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr are good, although set in New York, not London/England.
Fingersmith and Affinity by Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet.
The Prestige by Christopher Priest is very good, and differs quite a bit from the excellent movie adaption.
... I still haven't read any of Waters books. I have Fingersmith and Night Watch on my shelf. I think I may read Affinity in October - isn't it a ghost story to get me ready for Halloween? ... - I recently read A Suitable Boy and loved it. It goes faster than its bulk would have you believe. Also just finished Affinity - very gothic, atmospheric. You'll want to roll your car windows down and get some fresh air during it, no matter what the temp!
Still reading Felicia's Journe ... I'm about 150 pages into A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth and on disc 3 of Affinity by Sarah Waters. Since Seth's vast novel isn't easy to cart about, my portable read is The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux. Finally, in the smallest room I'm enjoying True Tales of American Life ... ... Theroux.
When I'm out and about but have to keep my eyes on the road, I'm listening to an unabridged recording of Affinity by Sarah Waters, read by Juanita McMahon.
Finally, in the smallest room I'm continuing with True Tales of American Life edited by Paul Auster. I'm about 150 pages into A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth and on disc 3 or Affinity by Sarah Waters. Since Seth's vast novel isn't easy to cart about, my portable read is The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux. Finally, in the smallest room I'm enjoying True Tales of American Lif ... #81 - I just finished her novel Affinity. It was quite good - very gothic. You'll have to let me know how you like Fingersmith. Started listening to Affinity by Sarah Waters on the way home from work this evening. ... the best of the classic American writers -- I am thinking of Hemmingway and Faulkner here.
I have just barely started Affinity by Sarah Waters; my first novel by this author. How about Affinity, her 2nd in the series? Second the recommendation of The Night Watch - but I also really like her Affinity and Tipping The Velvet. I mooched my first book of the month yesterday: Affinity by Sarah Waters. Atonement
Affinity
Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
Audition: a Memoir
Amsterdam ... well-written short novel by a writer I will be following.
2. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
3. Affinity by Sarah Waters
I've had this one in my library for years and had tried reading it, only to put it down after 40 or so pages a couple of times. However, this ... Affinity by Sarah Waters
The Awkward Age by Henry James
The horrific sufferings of the mind-reading monster Hercules Barefoot : his wonderful love and his terrible hatred by Carl-Johan Vallgren -there has to be at least 2 in that one!
Misfortune by Wesley Stace
The Lonely Tombstone by ... I've read Affinity and really liked that as well. I think it was a little easier to get into, but both had really great plots. I will definitely read more of her work. >39:
No, this is the first of her books I've read, but I own Tipping the Velvet and Affinity. I'd like to read them soon, but I want to take a little break from Waters, too, because I think Fingersmith needs more time to be mulled over. I have a feeling this is going to be one of those ... I am currently reading Swann's Way which, if I finish it, will be the best. By far.
The best that I have finished is Affinity by Sarah Waters. I am reading Affinity by Sarah Waters.
This is the passage that sums up the title of the book. Selena, a spiritualist, speaks first, and is a prisoner at Milbank prison. Aurora is her 'visitor' who is attracted to her.
‘ It is a world that is made of love. Did you think there is ... ... by Anne Rice
The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Affinity by Sarah Waters ... a used bookstore walking distance to my house and I know I'll be returning there regularly.
I picked up Anthem and Affinity. I'm currently reading the former and it's great in a creepy, dystopian, this-could-totally-happen kind of way. ... discuss modern novels set in Victorian times.
I'll mention just two: I've read Fingersmith by Waters (I haven't read Affinity yet) which I enjoyed. I also read Arthur Phillips Angelica which I enjoyed. The latter seems at first to be a Victorian ghost story but as the other viewpoints ... Dune
Affinity
Anthem
Belinda
Lolita ... style really prevents me from digesting it all in one go. I'm also reading A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami and Affinity by Sarah Waters. ... d:
The Salt Roads and really anything else, by Nalo Hopkinson
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Emma Brown by Clare Boylan
From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
... in the used bookstore today and quickly snatched it up after everyone's recommendations! And I should be getting Affinity in the mail soon, too, so hopefully I like Sarah Waters! Also picked up Push Not the River and Ahab's Wife. Has anyone read those? Thanks for the info, BoPeep. Fingersmith and Affinity are now both officially on my Amazon wish list. As opposed to merely being on the wishlist in my head :-) Another book on my wish list, mostly because the Gothic theme was so resonant during this time period, is The Mysteries of Udolpho, ... ... the middle of reading it! (Long story, involving a collapsing bookcase, the horror of most LT users I imagine.)
I think Affinity is my favourite, but Fingersmith has some wonderful twists and turns. ... by Paulo Coelho
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Love in ... ... -- no freshness date to worry about. I liked Fingersmith an awful lot, but loved Tipping the Velvet, her debut novel. Affinity was a decent read, but didn't hook me as much as the other two books did.
kwintesenc - I'm like you in knowing the English monarchs better than the US ...
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