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In which we announce Victober 2025...
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.gg/GDsDsNdT
*Victober Scorecard:* drive.google.com/file/d/168mYn9yPWY1WbAvZZqAoC6Ny3IjCm_O8/view?usp=sharing
*The Other Hosts and Their Announcement Videos:*
-Katie @katiejlumsden : youtu.be/_RWZlJaUU-E
-Kate Howe @katehowe8499 : youtu.be/HmcjpgJwayE?si=Q5Mi6IEhj1mX6EFQ
-Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebooks youtube.com/watch?v=kvMoJGm0YAs
-Elizabeth @elizabethaliteraryprincess: youtu.be/Egpr2t6NQIQ
-Hannah @HannahsBooks youtu.be/ZrN1y5VK3Z4
-Jess: instagram.com/dickens.and.docks
@dickens-and-docks youtube.com/watch?v=qMttOTjhLVk
-Milena @MilenaReads youtube.com/watch?v=ExhyaqrJff0
-Roy @royreadsanything youtube.com/watch?v=W7Knn7Owbec
-Catherine @takingteawithcatherine youtube.com/watch?v=cRWSGhLwkFk
*The Challenges*
1. Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where friendship is featured.
2. Katie’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature that is not a novel (i.e. a play, short story, poem or work of non-fiction).
3. My challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature where a character experiences a change in class status (social mobility, rags to riches, fallen women, etc.)
4. Ros’s challenge: Empire spotting: see how many times you can spot signs of the Empire in your Victober reading.
5. Elizabeth’s challenge: Read a work by an underrated Victorian woman writer (meaning not the Brontes, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, or Christina Rossetti).
6. Hannah’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that discusses education.
7. Jess’s challenge: Step back in time—read a Victorian work set in a different era.
8. Milena’s challenge: Spin a (digital) colourwheel and pick a Victorian book with a cover that primarily features that colour. You can pick any edition.
9. Roy’s challenge: Read a Victorian work of fantasy.
10. Catherine’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that has a connection to Jane Austen.
*The Group Read:*
Hester by Margaret Oliphant: read 2 chapters a day from October 1st - 22nd (with 3 chapters on the final day)
*Books Mentioned:*
-Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
-Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
-Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
-The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
-Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
-Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte
-John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Mulock Craik
-Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
-Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
-Esther Waters by George Moore
-Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
-Hester by Margaret Oliphant
music by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)
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Let's be friends!
instagram.com/misa1404
goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
Blatantlybookish@gmail.com
In which we announce Victober 2025...
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.gg/GDsDsNdT
*Victober Scorecard:* drive.google.com/file/d/168mYn9yPWY1WbAvZZqAoC6Ny3IjCm_O8/view?usp=sharing
*The Other Hosts and Their Announcement Videos:*
-Katie @katiejlumsden : youtu.be/_RWZlJaUU-E
-Kate Howe @katehowe8499 : youtu.be/HmcjpgJwayE?si=Q5Mi6IEhj1mX6EFQ
-Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebooks youtube.com/watch?v=kvMoJGm0YAs
-Elizabeth @elizabethaliteraryprincess: youtu.be/Egpr2t6NQIQ
-Hannah @HannahsBooks youtu.be/ZrN1y5VK3Z4
-Jess: instagram.com/dickens.and.docks
@dickens-and-docks youtube.com/watch?v=qMttOTjhLVk
-Milena @MilenaReads youtube.com/watch?v=ExhyaqrJff0
-Roy @royreadsanything youtube.com/watch?v=W7Knn7Owbec
-Catherine @takingteawithcatherine youtube.com/watch?v=cRWSGhLwkFk
*The Challenges*
1. Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where friendship is featured.
2. Katie’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature that is not a novel (i.e. a play, short story, poem or work of non-fiction).
3. My challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature where a character experiences a change in class status (social mobility, rags to riches, fallen women, etc.)
4. Ros’s challenge: Empire spotting: see how many times you can spot signs of the Empire in your Victober reading.
5. Elizabeth’s challenge: Read a work by an underrated Victorian woman writer (meaning not the Brontes, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, or Christina Rossetti).
6. Hannah’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that discusses education.
7. Jess’s challenge: Step back in time—read a Victorian work set in a different era.
8. Milena’s challenge: Spin a (digital) colourwheel and pick a Victorian book with a cover that primarily features that colour. You can pick any edition.
9. Roy’s challenge: Read a Victorian work of fantasy.
10. Catherine’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that has a connection to Jane Austen.
*The Group Read:*
Hester by Margaret Oliphant: read 2 chapters a day from October 1st - 22nd (with 3 chapters on the final day)
*Books Mentioned:*
-Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
-Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
-Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
-The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
-Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
-Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte
-John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Mulock Craik
-Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
-Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
-Esther Waters by George Moore
-Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
-Hester by Margaret Oliphant
music by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)
✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧
Let's be friends!
instagram.com/misa1404
goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
Blatantlybookish@gmail.com
