E.D.E.N. Southworth and Literature Festivals!!

Hello!

We've been really busy this past week, and so this blog has sort of fallen off the face of the earth :P

Well...first of all... yesterday we attended a literature festival with tons of old booksellers and speakers and authors!!! It was tons of fun browsing through all those old books--especially the ones that were marked over $600!!

Whilst browsing near the end of the day, imagine my joy to find a 1908 edition of E.D.E.N. Southworth's The Lost Lady of Lone!!

I was so excited that I read the entire book within a couple of hours.

However!! Imagine my surprise, horror and frustration when I discovered that The Lost Lady of Lone is merely the first book in a two-part story.

And so, after scouring the internet for a long time this morning--including being distressed at not being able to even find a copy on Ebay--I found an online version at Project Gutenburg for free (and there isn't a copyright--probably because no one has bothered to renew it!)

I am having it printed and professionally bound (I don't know about you, but it is very difficult to curl up in a cosy chair with your computer screen--and no book binding smell!!)

So... the long and short of it is: I very much enjoyed the festival, E.D.E.N. Southworth's The Lost Lady of Lone and am looking forward to the sequel when it arrives in hard copy. Need summer reading: I highly recommend Southworth!!

Cheers!

~Laura