[Shadowguard]

I picked up a Penguin Classics edition of Matthew Lewis's "success de scandale" of the late 1700s, which was apparently a great influence (both directly and indirectly) on a lot of modern horror writers.
However, I'm not sure whether or not I really want to read it, as I've heard that the plot is somewhat episodic and jumps around a lot, and I'm afraid the writing style maybe a bit too antiquated for me to spend time on that many pages of it.
So has anyone else here read it? What did you think?

[Hobbit]

That'll be this one?

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n812.jpg

There is a download copy at Project Gutenberg: HERE (http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext96/tmonk10.txt) which suggests that it will not be for everyone.

Stephen King likes it; but dating from 1795, I would suggest that you may find it rather dated to contemporary tastes.

Hobbit

[poewoe]

I read it because it was recommended in class.

And hated it.

I think like most books from the past, the language and attitudes are too dated to make an impact. I can (intellectually) see how it influenced subsequent Gothic writers. But it doesn't 'resonate' with me, maybe because of the time and culture gap. It's the type of book I'd recommend to Students, but not for anybody who just wants an entertaining read.


That'll be this one?

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n812.jpg

There is a download copy at Project Gutenberg: HERE (http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext96/tmonk10.txt) which suggests that it will not be for everyone.

Stephen King likes it; but dating from 1795, I would suggest that you may find it rather dated to contemporary tastes.

Hobbit