Victorian October Announcement and TBR #victober
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Channel: Books and Things · 2016 · People & Blogs
In which I am very excited about Victorian October… ---Challenges--- Yamini’s challenge: read a Victorian gothic novel Agne’s challenge: read a Victorian book by a female author Alysia: read a Victorian novel where a plot is afoot Kate’s challenge: read a Victorian novel within a week My challenge: read a Victorian book that is not a novel ---Booktubers and videos mentioned--- Victorian October hosts: Agne (Beyond the Pages): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcg5MWOuNasHIzyErjRD5A Alysia (exlibris): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPgU4bvvAPh1wRYDvdQia1Q Yamini (TheSkepticalReader): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC90im-al0H1JuFGJ3hdQCIA Kate Howe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5w Carolyn, BBCgirl520: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClFw_6TBouvufUt-_WqGj2w Jen Campbell: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwME97IPvhAXAV_bbgAvOtw My How to Speak Victorian series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f35wW7G3gEQ&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-MjQ7qjRLWAAtr9gxfEq12u How to Speak Victorian: The Poets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWlvao6HiLw ---Books and authors mentioned--- Mrs Warren’s Profession, George Bernard Shaw: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/795387.Mrs_Warren_s_Profession Widowers' Houses, George Bernard Shaw https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2844896-widowers-houses Arms and The Man, George Bernard Shaw: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/383018.Arms_and_the_Man Candida, George Bernard Shaw: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418373.Candida The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92303.The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest Lady Windermere’s Fan, Oscar Wilde: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122649.Lady_Windermere_s_Fan A Woman of No Importance, Oscar Wilde: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122648.A_Woman_of_No_Importance Christina Rossetti: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/143178.Christina_Rossetti Edward Lear: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/142.Edward_Lear Gerard Manly Hopkins: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/195780.Gerard_Manley_Hopkins Emily Brontë: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4191.Emily_Bront_ Anne Brontë: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8249.Anne_Bront_ Charlotte Brontë: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1036615.Charlotte_Bront_ Cassandra, Florence Nightingale: http://www.ecoflourish.com/Inspiration/centuries/authors/Cassandra.html The Soul of Man Under Socialism, Oscar Wilde: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1017/1017-h/1017-h.htm Of Queens Gardens John Ruskin: http://www.bartleby.com/28/7.html The Uncommercial Traveller, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1931757.The_Uncommercial_Traveller Night Walks, Charles Darwin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9248677-night-walks It was snowing Butterflies, Charles Darwin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24874357-it-was-snowing-butterflies Ruth, Elizabeth Gaskell: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/338807.Ruth The Half Sisters, Geraldine Jewsbury: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1458574.The_Half_Sisters Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588747.Lady_Audley_s_Secret The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6138.The_Moonstone Carmilla, J. Sheridan Le Fanu: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48037.Carmilla The Woodlanders, Thomas Hardy: Modern Love, George Meredith The Uncommercial Traveller, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1931757.The_Uncommercial_Traveller It was snowing Butterflies, Charles Darwin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24874357-it-was-snowing-butterflies Mrs Warren’s Profession, George Bernard Shaw: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/795387.Mrs_Warren_s_Profession The Life of Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31171.The_Life_of_Charlotte_Bront_ Modern Love, George Meredith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/729553.Modern_Love The Wessex Tales, Thomas Hardy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135746.Wessex_Tales Framley Parsonage, Anthony Trollope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/267102.Framley_Parsonage The Island of Dr. Moreau, H. G. Wells: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29981.The_Island_of_Dr_Moreau New Grub Street, George Gissing: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/782519.New_Grub_Street ---General links--- My blog: http://justbooksandthings.blogspot.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justbooksandthings Twitter: https://twitter.com/katiejlumsden Instragram: https://instagram.com/katiejlumsden/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8190907-katie-lumsden NaNoWriMo: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/katie-lumsden My Foyles Affiliate link: http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=1414&awinaffid=256629&clickref=&p=www.foyles.co.uk Email: [email protected]
