Announcing Victober 2024! |
In which we announce Victober 2024...
Victober (Victorian October) is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.)
Victober Discord server: / discord
The Other Hosts and Their Announcement Videos
Kate's Video @katehowereads: • Victober 2024 Announcement Video
Katie from Books and Things' Video @katiejlumsden: • Victober 2024 | Announcement and Recommend...
Ros from Scallydandling about the Book's Video @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711: • Victober 2024 announcement #victober
The Challenges
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where religion is a component of the story
Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that plays with form in some way
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that was originally serialized
Ros’s challenge: Experience Victorian drama: read, watch or listen to a Victorian play
Group challenge: Read a Victorian work by Wilkie Collins and/or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Group Read: The Doctor’s Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Note: we are reading 2 chapters a day and ending on the 18th with the last 3 chapters)
Serialization Links
Victorian Serial Novels: https://victorianserialnovels.org/how...
Reading Like a Victorian: https://readinglikeavictorian.osu.edu/
Database of Victorian Fiction: https://www.victorianresearch.org/atc...
Katie's Serialized Read of Our Mutual Friend: • Our Mutual Friend - Book 1, Chapters I-IV ...
Katie's Serialized Read of Bleak House: • Bleak House - Chapters I-IV #dickensalong
Jennifer Brooks and Alice and The Giant Bookshelf's Recommendations
A Reader’s Guide to Sherlock Holmes: Where to Start with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Books: • A Reader's Guide to Sherlock Holmes | Wher...
All About Wilkie Collins: • all about Wilkie Collins | I’ve read 11 of...
Chatting Wilkie Collins Ranking, Where to Start, and More: • Chatting Wilkie Collins | Ranking, Where t...
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