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On the other hand... Written by Reeba (1/23/2006 5:43 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, When I first read...., penned by Reeba

come to think of it, in the absence of bright lights, darkness must have held a strange fascination for the people - full of mystery and strange happenings.

People even believed in the supernatural and such goings on. I think such novels must have really frightened them.
We are spoiled with so much knowledge of things, and can look on it as impossible.

But those days people must have sat in dim lights in the deep of winter, pouring over such tales, and then going to their beds in the dark after the candles are blown away. The deep dark recesses in their rooms with shodows moving and the wind howling outside *shudder* ;-)

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Novels and Walpole's pretensions of being Shakespeare Barbara (1/23/2006 11:39 a.m.)

Two comments Tate (1/24/2006 11:17 a.m.)
- Some thoughts on # 2. Mandy N (1/24/2006 7:03 p.m.)
the prefaces Emmeline (1/23/2006 2:31 p.m.)
- First edition- Otranto as a medival relic. Mandy N (1/23/2006 5:21 p.m.)
  - When I first read.... Reeba (1/23/2006 5:33 p.m.)
    - I read that too. Emmeline (1/24/2006 5:22 a.m.)
      - Thank you, Emmeline. Reeba (1/24/2006 6:09 a.m.)
    - Yes, I read ... Mandy N (1/23/2006 7:07 p.m.)
    - On the other hand... Reeba (1/23/2006 5:43 p.m.)
      - Scary indeed ! ;) Mandy N (1/23/2006 7:36 p.m.)
- 2nd preface very annoying Margaret H (1/23/2006 3:01 p.m.)
It does seem stagey doesn't it? Laraine (1/23/2006 1:07 p.m.)
- I kept making comparisons to Hamlet Kelley B (1/23/2006 1:36 p.m.)
  - The Count of Narbonne Robbin (1/24/2006 1:58 a.m.)

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