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At the end of the TV series, Vinculus leans very close the Childermass when he says perhaps he is now a novel. It almost looks like he is mocking him particularly. So does that mean Childermass is a secret fan of novels? If so, how did Vinculus find out?

Is Childermass a secret admirer of the novels of Jane Austen? Did he ever meet her?

Does he like the gothic novels of the time? Did he ever sit pretending to do the accounts when he was actually re-reading the Mysteries of Udolpho?

Did he and Hannah ever sigh over Mr Darcy together? Does anyone else read them?

OMG OP I want to write this very badly. I have a lot on my plate right now but I will tentatively claim it. I encourage others to write it as well if they are interested.

OP here - I totally understand you being busy but if you do get a chance to write something that would be wonderful! Thank you :)

This is so precious omg

OP here - I'm glad you think so anon. I just can't get the image of him reading that kind of thing and having Opinions out of my head. Or telling Mr Norrell he has urgent business to attend to near Bath and actually going to hear Ms Austen reading (like the end of Becoming Jane if you've ever seen that film).

So guess who published Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion? None other than ... John Murray! She switched publishers to him in 1815. The last two books were published posthumously but she probably met with him to negotiate the publication of Emma. So there's a possible meeting place! maybe Childermass goes to deliver something for the Friends of English Magic.

- anon who claimed above

OP here - I did not know that! That's brilliant! I have so many images of star struck Childermass now. I wonder what Miss Austen would think of Childermass? I'm picturing her confronted with this gruff Yorkshireman who stares at her for a while then pulls a battered copy of one of her novels from his pocket and asks for an autograph :D

I've just been watching Northanger Abbey and as soon as Catherine and Tilney started talking about Mrs Radcliffe's novels I remembered reading this prompt! Now I keep thinking about Childermass defending his reading habit to others.

That's awesome! I haven't seen/read Northanger Abbey in a while but I might have to watch it again. -OP

You reminded me of a bit in the book, all the way back at the start:

"The man of business gave a short laugh -- laughter which was clearly directed at Mr Honeyfoot, yet Mr Norrell did not reprimand him either by look or word, and Mr Segundus wondered what sort of business it could be that Mr Norrell entrusted to this person. With his long hair as ragged as rain and as black as thunder, he would have looked quite at home upon a windswept moor, or lurking in some pitch-black alleyway, or perhaps in a novel by Mrs Radcliffe."

Apparently, whatever about Childermass, Mr Segundus has some passing familiarity with gothic novels, and indeed thought Childermass would fit quite well in one. In light of that, the idea of him stumbling across Childermass reading 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' is kind of hilarious.

This prompt is gold in any number of ways. I hope somebody fills it!

I'd entirely forgotten that bit of the book! Oh Mr Segundus, I'm not at all surprised you imagined Childermass as a gothic hero. Haven't we all?

And now I really love the idea of the two of them having a moment of embarrassed 'oh you read them too'!

OP

Now *this* is amazing. A book club of two, what could *possibly* become of that??

OP cannot deny that that's exactly where her mind went too...

I genuinely love the idea of this thank you so much for coming up with this OP and anon for offering to write it! I'm super excited to see what you come up with.

OP here - I'm glad you like the idea. It just leapt out at me when re-watching and I couldn't stop thinking about gruff Yorkshire men avidly following the fortunes of the Bennet sisters! I'm glad it's not just me who can see it!

I'm just watching a programme on romance in the Georgia era and it's just... all about novels. And fainting young lady fan girls and the 'age of sensibility'. The presenter was asking whether all the young girls reading these books would start swooning at their suitors.

Given Childermass' tendency to faint at the drop of a magical hat, this whole program is now so much more entertaining :D

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