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In which we announce Victober 2026...

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.com/invite/5HrDA4D35

*The Other Hosts and Their Announcement Videos:*

-Katie @katiejlumsden youtu.be/tYxE1uTQZFI?is=dKOKw2dTaeSmFIUc

-Kate @katehowereads youtu.be/B27pqv4Vc9k?is=Gs9Wf7JXZ2HU-pVD

-Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebooks youtu.be/kzvO2XG4CWY?is=qmhVR_ei9Wblfov1

*The Challenges:*

-Ros: Read a Victorian tale of adventure or travel (real or fictional).

-Katie: Read a Victorian work by a Scottish, Welsh or Irish author.

-Marissa: Read a Victorian work that critiques a corrupt or decaying social institution (Law, Education, Politics, Church, etc.)

-Kate: Read a Victorian work by an author whose birth month you share.

-Bonus Challenge: Read a Victorian work where someone has a secret.


*The Group Read:*

Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

*The Group Read Schedule:*
Thursday 1st October: chapters 1, 2
Friday 2nd October: chapters 3, 4
Saturday 3rd October: chapters 5, 6, 7
Sunday 4th October: chapters 8, 9 10
Monday 5th October: chapters 11, 12
Tuesday 6th October: chapters 13, 14
Wednesday 7th October: chapters 15, 16
Thursday 8th October: chapters 17, 18
Friday 9th October: chapters 19, 20
Saturday 10th October: chapters 21, 22, 23
Sunday 11th October: chapters 24, 25
Monday 12th October: chapters 26, 27 (volume 2: 1, 2)
Tuesday 13th October: chapters 28, 39 (volume 2: 3, 4)
Wednesday 14th October: chapters 30, 31 (volume 2: 5, 6)
Thursday 15th October: chapters 32, 33 (volume 2: 7, 8)
Friday 16th October: chapters 34, 35 (volume 2: 9, 10)
Saturday 17th October: chapters 36, 37, 38 (volume 2: 11, 12, 13)
Sunday 18th October: chapters 39, 40, 41 (volume 2: 14, 15, 16)
Monday 19th October: chapters 42, 43, 44 (volume 2: 17, 18, 19)
Tuesday 20th October: chapters 45, 46 (volume 3: 1, 2)
Wednesday 21st October: chapters 47, 48 (volume 3: 3, 4)
Thursday 22nd October: chapters 49, 50 (volume 3: 5, 6)
Friday 23rd October: chapters 51, 52 (volume 3: 7, 8)
Saturday 24th October: chapters 53, 54, 55 (volume 3: 9, 10, 11)
Sunday 25th October: chapters 56, 57, 58 (volume 3: 12, 13, 14)
Monday 26th October: chapters 59, 60 (volume 3: 15, 16)
Tuesday 27th October: chapters 61, 62 (volume 3: 17, 18)
Wednesday 28th October: chapters 63, 64 (volume 3: 19, 20)
Thursday 29th October: chapters 65, 66/conclusion (volume 3: 21, 22/conclusion)

*Books Mentioned:*

-Hard Times by Charles Dickens

-Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

-David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

-Bleak House by Charles Dickens

-The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

-The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

-Middlemarch by George Eliot

-The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

-Hard Cash by Charles Reade

-Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

-A Walk in the Workhouse by Charles Dickens

-London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew

-A Village Workhouse by George Eliot

-Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

-Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

-Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

-The Warden by Anthony Trollope


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