Victober Announcement and Recommendations 2021 [CC]

#Victober
In which I announce Victober . . .

Victober is a month-long readathon hosted by me, Kate Howe and LucytheReader, all about celebrating Victorian literature.

Kate’s announcement video: https://youtu.be/CYcb5d3pBeY
Lucy’s announcement video: https://youtu.be/wHaSnQkkJj8

Goodreads group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/722891-victober-2021

Pixie Hallows on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PixieHallows

Victorian bestsellers: https://victorianweb.org/victorian/authors/dickens/pva/pva120.html

---The Challenges---

1. Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian sensation novel
2. Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book set in the countryside AND/OR the city
3. Lucy’s challenge: Read a Victorian book with a female main character
4. Group challenge: Read a popular Victorian book you haven’t yet read (how you define popular is up to you – could be popular now, popular on Booktube, popular in the Victorian period itself)
5. Bonus challenge: Read aloud a section of a Victorian work, or have it read aloud to you (ie, by a friend or an audiobook)

Group read:
Gothic Tales, Elizabeth Gaskell: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182385.Gothic_Tales

---Books Mentioned---

Uncle Silas, J. Sheridan Le Fanu: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49190.Uncle_Silas

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/337113.The_Tenant_of_Wildfell_Hall

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6185.Wuthering_Heights

The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5890.The_Woman_in_White

East Lynne, Ellen Wood: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4268802-east-lynne

Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73960.Lorna_Doone

The Belton Estate, Anthony Trollope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/267116.The_Belton_Estate

Garthowen, Allen Raine: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20499326-garthowen-a-story-of-a-welsh-homestead

Greene Ferne Farm, Richard Jefferies: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14294268-greene-ferne-farm

Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31463.Far_From_the_Madding_Crowd

The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32650.The_Return_of_the_Native

The Woodlanders, Thomas Hardy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/341281.The_Woodlanders

The Romance of a Shop, Amy Levy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1407178.The_Romance_of_a_Shop

The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149785.The_Way_We_Live_Now

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5297.The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray

Diary of a Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/535856.The_Diary_of_a_Nobody

The Nether World, George Gissing: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1290068.The_Nether_World

New Grub Street, George Gissing: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/782519.New_Grub_Street

Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend

Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31250.Little_Dorrit

A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1953.A_Tale_of_Two_Cities

Hard Times, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5344.Hard_Times

Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54620.Mary_Barton

North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2623.Great_Expectations

Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32261.Tess_of_the_D_Urbervilles

The Time Machine, H.G. Wells: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2493.The_Time_Machine

Desperate Remedies, Thomas Hardy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297851.Desperate_Remedies

Dr Wortle’s School, Anthony Trollope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149784.Dr_Wortle_s_School

The Odd Women, George Gissing: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675037.The_Odd_Women

Hester, Margaret Oliphant: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/882162.Hester

Victorian bestsellers: https://victorianweb.org/victorian/authors/dickens/pva/pva120.html

---General links---

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