Books and Things | The Secrets of Hartwood Hall | Q&A (with spoilers) @katiejlumsden | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
In which I answer your questions about The Secrets of Hartwood Hall . . .
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Spoiler-free Q&A: youtube.com/watch?v=BCeWsz0O0ts
Novels that Inspired The Secrets of Hartwood Hall: youtube.com/watch?v=8gAbO85pi10
How I Do Historical Research for Writing Historical Fiction: youtube.com/watch?v=DXPVc43fOkU
*Books Mentioned*
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/337113.The_Tenant_of_Wildfell_Hall
*More About My Debut Novel*
My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is out now. It is a gothic historical novel about a governess and what happens when she takes a new position at a mysterious country house . . .
Buy from Waterstones (UK): waterstones.com/book/the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall/katie-lumsden/9780241556078
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Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-Katie-Lumsden/dp/0241556074
Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHall
Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN
Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall
*My Debut Novel*
My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is OUT NOW.
Buy from Waterstones (UK): waterstones.com/book/the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall/katie-lumsden/9780241556078
Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556078
Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-Katie-Lumsden/dp/0241556074
Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS
Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN
Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall
*General Links*
My website: katielumsden.co.uk
Bookshop.org UK affiliate shop: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden
Twitter: twitter.com/katiejlumsden
Instragram: instagram.com/katiejlumsden
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@katiejlumsden
Facebook: facebook.com/justbooksandthings
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/8190907-katie-lumsden
NaNoWriMo: nanowrimo.org/participants/katie-lumsden
Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
In which I answer your questions about The Secrets of Hartwood Hall . . .
My bookmark is from Soleia
instagram.com/soleia_v
etsy.com/shop/soleiav/?etsrc=sdt
Spoiler-free Q&A: youtube.com/watch?v=BCeWsz0O0ts
Novels that Inspired The Secrets of Hartwood Hall: youtube.com/watch?v=8gAbO85pi10
How I Do Historical Research for Writing Historical Fiction: youtube.com/watch?v=DXPVc43fOkU
*Books Mentioned*
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/337113.The_Tenant_of_Wildfell_Hall
*More About My Debut Novel*
My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is out now. It is a gothic historical novel about a governess and what happens when she takes a new position at a mysterious country house . . .
Buy from Waterstones (UK): waterstones.com/book/the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall/katie-lumsden/9780241556078
Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556078
Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-Katie-Lumsden/dp/0241556074
Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHall
Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN
Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall
*My Debut Novel*
My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is OUT NOW.
Buy from Waterstones (UK): waterstones.com/book/the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall/katie-lumsden/9780241556078
Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556078
Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-Katie-Lumsden/dp/0241556074
Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS
Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN
Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall
*General Links*
My website: katielumsden.co.uk
Bookshop.org UK affiliate shop: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden
Twitter: twitter.com/katiejlumsden
Instragram: instagram.com/katiejlumsden
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@katiejlumsden
Facebook: facebook.com/justbooksandthings
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/8190907-katie-lumsden
NaNoWriMo: nanowrimo.org/participants/katie-lumsden
Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
![Victober 2023 | Announcement and Recommendations [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dwTa7bjePg4/hqdefault.jpg "Victober 2023 | Announcement and Recommendations [CC]
#Victober
In which we announce Victober!
Victober is a month-long readathon hosted by me and several other wonderful booktubers, all about celebrating Victorian literature. (Victorian literature is British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.)
Victober Discord server: https://discord.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ
Victober tops are from Pixie Hallows on Etsy: https://tinyurl.com/9469u4yd
*The Other Hosts*
@katehowereads https://youtu.be/xJ8xftaK7rA?si=P3GV5e1SUq6UY9p3
@BlatantlyBookish https://youtu.be/DDj47C04psg
@bookswithpetra https://youtu.be/jlUkLBdQR8k
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 https://youtu.be/ocr29HvFj8c
*Challenges*
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian work featuring a stranger/outsider
Katie’s challenge: Read a piece of Victorian ‘New Woman’ fiction
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work by an author who is new to you
Petra’s challenge: Read a Victorian first-person narrative
Ros’s challenge: Read a Victorian work in which class features strongly
Group Read: The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope
Schedule:
1 October: chapters 1–4
2: 5–7
3: 8–10
4: 11–13
5: 14–16
6: 17–19
7: 20–23
8: 24–27
9: 28–30
10: 31–33
11: 34–36
12: 37–39
13: 40–42
14: 43–46
15: 47–50
16: 51–53
17: 54–56
18: 57–59
19: 60–62
20: 63–65
21: 66–69
22: 70–73
23: 74–76
24: 77–79
25: 80–82
26: 83–85
27: 86–88
28: 89–91
29: 92–94
30: 95–97
31: 98–100
*Books Mentioned*
The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope: https://tinyurl.com/yfv5a2mk
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: https://tinyurl.com/2e9b5anr
Aurora Leigh, Elizabeth Barret Browning: https://tinyurl.com/4njtaamj
The Half Sisters, Geraldine Jewsbury: https://tinyurl.com/5n8t9j4p
Gloriana or the Revolution of 1900, Lady Florence Dixie (1892): https://tinyurl.com/2a6dmr8m
The Odd Women, George Gissing (1893): https://tinyurl.com/4mmt3h7z
Hester, Margaret Oliphant (1883): https://tinyurl.com/5n8tb7tw
The Romance of a Shop, Amy Levy (1888): https://tinyurl.com/bdvabj9h
The Story of a Modern Woman, Ella Hepworth Dixon (1894): https://tinyurl.com/37e7fbbx
Jill, Amy Dillwyn (1884): https://tinyurl.com/42nsyuc3
Esther Waters, George Moore (1894): https://tinyurl.com/3v6duvp7
Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy (1896): https://tinyurl.com/27kac32e
The Woodlanders, Thomas Hardy (1887): https://tinyurl.com/nwyhw4av
A Romance of the Moors, Mona Caird (1891): https://tinyurl.com/yc54s8y3
The Woman Who Did, Grant Allen (1895): https://tinyurl.com/mup8n4ca
The Egoist, George Meredith (1879): https://tinyurl.com/ys84sm4n
Women Who Did, Stories by Men and Women: https://tinyurl.com/545d4h6r
Keynotes and Discords, George Egerton (1893/1894): https://tinyurl.com/3tu4sf9a
The Yellow Book: https://vsfp.byu.edu/index.php/journal/the-yellow-book/
A Thief in the Night, Marion Hepworth Dixon: https://vsfp.byu.edu/index.php/title/a-thief-in-the-night/
A Woman of No Importance, Oscar Wilde (1893): https://tinyurl.com/4edsfwfw
The Case of Rebellious Susan, Henry Arthur Jones (1894): https://tinyurl.com/4npyzda8
Mrs Warrens Profession, George Bernard Shaw (1893): https://tinyurl.com/2p9kske
The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Arthur Wing Pinero (1892): https://tinyurl.com/4ktd8e2n
Red Pottage, Mary Cholmondeley (1899): https://tinyurl.com/yc89c4vz
The Beth Book, Sarah Grand (1897): https://tinyurl.com/45pf5wsp
Both recommended by @aliteraryprincess8325
Daughters of Danaus, Mona Caird (1894): https://tinyurl.com/bdekvpxx
The Wing of Azrael, Mona Caird (1889): https://tinyurl.com/4ydndxm6
Diana of the Crossways, George Meredith (1885): https://tinyurl.com/54u7p5kh
A Sunless Heart, Edith Johnstone (1894): https://tinyurl.com/mrxny6cz
Miss Brown, Vernon Lee (1884): https://tinyurl.com/2s49r2tn
A Struggle for Fame, Charlotte Riddell (1883): https://tinyurl.com/d7y4zvws
The Woman Who Didn’t, Victoria Cross (1895): https://tinyurl.com/264j6dep
The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James (1881): https://tinyurl.com/y6jpkjhh
Afternoon, Ouida (1883): https://tinyurl.com/2hxjc2h4
Candida, George Bernard Shaw (1898): https://tinyurl.com/57hf5d2f
*My Debut Novel*
My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is OUT NOW.
Buy from Waterstones (UK): https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall/katie-lumsden/9780241556078
Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556078
Buy from Amazon (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-Katie-Lumsden/dp/0241556074
Buy (US): https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS
Buy (Canada): https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall
*General Links*
My website: http://www.katielumsden.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katiejlumsden
Instragram: https://instagram.com/katiejlumsden
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katiejlumsden
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justbooksandthings
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8190907-katie-lumsden
Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com")
