Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Review of Under Two Flags by Ouida + thoughts on why it was popular, and why it became unpopular.

Part of my Neglected Victorian Bestsellers readalong project.

Intro video: youtu.be/W2CgKbTOrV0?si=T5G9uNqiQC9gJkRH

Project Discord discord.gg/D9atnBqe6S

Channel mentioned: @katehowereads
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All the books:
Under Two Flags, Ouida (Dec 25) ✓
The Heir of Redclyffe, Charlotte M. Yonge (Jan 26)
The Blood of the Vampire, Florence Marryat (Feb 26)
A Romance of Two Worlds, Marie Corelli (March 26)
Lost Sir Massingberd, James Payn (April 26)
Brotherhood of the Seven Kings, L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace (May 26)
Malaeska, Ann S. Stephens (June 26)
Diamond Dick and the Tigers of Tombstone (June 26)
A Detective’s Triumphs, as by Dick Donovan (July 26)
The Mysteries of London, George W. M. Reynolds (August 26)
In Luck at Last, Walter Besant (Sept 26)
The Fate of Fenella, various (Oct 26)
Two Years Before the Mast, R. H. Dana (Nov 26)
A Strange Story, Bulwer-Lytton (Dec 26)

Series credit music from Luis_Humanoide via Pixabay

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