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melodiousbIf you are nominating little-known public domain books for Yuletide, come by and give them a mention here. I'll undertake to read at least a chapter of any book anyone pimps on this community, and if I like them and end up reading the whole thing, I may end up offering to write in the fandom. I don't think my writing is a great inducement for you guys to pimp your fandoms here, but maybe other people will do the same.
The public domain book fandoms I nominated this year are:
Tracy Park(1880-something), by Mary Jane Holmes. I've written about it here before. It's a mediocre family story redeemed by a whole slew of fantastic minor characters, some of whom are insane.
A Woman Named Smith(1917), by Marie Conway Oemler. The story of a secretary who inherits a fabulous mansion in the South, and, with her best friend, converts it into a fancy boarding house. They meet a lot of entertaaining celebrities, and there's also a mystery involving secret passageways, stolen jewels, and a mummy.
I Fasten a Bracelet(1910 or 11), by David Potter. A young man returns from traveling the world, puts an African slave-bracelet on his former fiancee, and demands that she do everything he tells her too. It's confusing and creepy and surprisingly well-written.
Three Weeks(1907), by Elinor Glyn. Glyn's most famous and most scandalous novel is the story of Paul Verdayne, a young Englishman who goes abroad and meets an older, possibly Russian, vaguely royal woman, with whom he has a steamy affair. Eventually they're parted, and it's very melodramatic and silly and wonderful.
I will happily talk more about any of these books to anyone that's interested, and you can find out more about all of them at my blog, Redeeming Qualities. And again, if you pimp your public domain Yuletide nominations here, and they are available for free on the internet, I promise to check them out.
The public domain book fandoms I nominated this year are:
Tracy Park(1880-something), by Mary Jane Holmes. I've written about it here before. It's a mediocre family story redeemed by a whole slew of fantastic minor characters, some of whom are insane.
A Woman Named Smith(1917), by Marie Conway Oemler. The story of a secretary who inherits a fabulous mansion in the South, and, with her best friend, converts it into a fancy boarding house. They meet a lot of entertaaining celebrities, and there's also a mystery involving secret passageways, stolen jewels, and a mummy.
I Fasten a Bracelet(1910 or 11), by David Potter. A young man returns from traveling the world, puts an African slave-bracelet on his former fiancee, and demands that she do everything he tells her too. It's confusing and creepy and surprisingly well-written.
Three Weeks(1907), by Elinor Glyn. Glyn's most famous and most scandalous novel is the story of Paul Verdayne, a young Englishman who goes abroad and meets an older, possibly Russian, vaguely royal woman, with whom he has a steamy affair. Eventually they're parted, and it's very melodramatic and silly and wonderful.
I will happily talk more about any of these books to anyone that's interested, and you can find out more about all of them at my blog, Redeeming Qualities. And again, if you pimp your public domain Yuletide nominations here, and they are available for free on the internet, I promise to check them out.
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