#Victober In which I announce Victober!
Victober is a month-long readathon, from 1st-31st October, in which everybody reads Victorian literature!
My co-hosts:
Ange, Beyond the Pages:
Kate Howe:
Lucythereader:
Victober Goodreads Group:
My Instagram: @katiejlumsden —
---Challenges---
1. Ange’s challenge: Read a book by a Victorian female author (bonus: one that’s new to you)
2. Kate’s challenge: Reread a Victorian book
3. Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book under 250 pages and/or over 500 pages
4. Lucy’s challenge: Read an underrated Victorian book from the same year as your favourite Victorian classic
5. General challenge: Read by candlelight
Group readalong: The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde (1st–6th October) and A Woman of No Importance, Oscar Wilde (14th–21st October)
---Schedules for the group readalongs---
The Importance of Being Earnest:
(1st–6th October)
Act I: 1st and 2nd
Act II: 3rd and 4th
Act III: 5th and 6th
A Woman of No Importance:
(14th–21st October)
Act I: 14th and 15th
Act II: 16th and 17th
Act III: 18th and 19th
Act IV: 20th and 21st
---Books Mentioned---
Carmilla, J. Sheridan Le Fanu (108 pages):
The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson (144 pages):
Diary of a Nobody, George and Weeden Grossmith (176 pages):
Dr Wortle’s School, Anthony Trollope (222 pages):
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde:
A Woman of No Importance, Oscar Wilde:
George Bernard Shaw:
Christina Rossetti:
Gerald Manley Hopkins:
My Victorian Penguin Little Black Classics:
Nonsense, Edward Lear:
A Slip under the Microscope, H.G. Wells:
The Old Nurse’s Story, Elizabeth Gaskell:
As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Gerald Manley Hopkins:
Of Street Piemen, Henry Mayhew:
The Great Winglebury Duel, Charles Dickens:
Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime, Oscar Wilde:
It was Snowing Butterflies, Charles Darwin:
To Be Read at Dusk, Charles Dickens:
The Withered Arm, Thomas Hardy:
Green Tea, J. Sheridan Le Fanu:
Only Dull People are Brilliant at Breakfast, Oscar Wilde:
Sancliffe Hotel, Charlotte Bronte:
Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens (884 pages):
Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens (880 pages):
Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell (679 pages):
The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope (776 pages):
East Lynne, Ellen Wood (694 pages):
The Egoist, George Meredith (608 pages):
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