This Week's Acquisitions
- M.A.F., Deliverance, A Tale of the Inquisition, and Other Stories (Groombridge, n.d.). I was initially rather baffled by this thing, since on examination it sure as heck looked like a periodical running a serial novel. A quick trip to the British Library's website revealed that, in fact, that's exactly what this is: it's the second volume of English Homes; Or, Our Own "Saxon" Periodical. A Suggestive Family Journal, which appeared in 1869. There's a quick mention of this ultra-short-lived periodical here. (eBay)
- John Franceschina, ed., Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, 1790-1843 (Routledge, 2000). Before Supernatural and Medium, there was Gothic melodrama. The best-known authors in the collection (actually, probably the only known authors in this collection) are Harriet Lee and Catherine Gore. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Carol Birch, Scapegallows (Virago, 2009). Historical novel about Margaret Catchpole. (eBay)
- P. F. Kluge, Gone Tomorrow (Overlook, 2009). English professor researches the life of a deceased colleague, a creative writer who never followed up on his first great success. (Lift Bridge)