Scallydandling about the books | October's mostly Victorian Delights & Discoveries, one disappointment, plus The Marriage Portrait @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 34 minutes ago.
The thrill and honour of being a Victober host made this a special reading month for me. I really want to thank Katie @katiejlumsden and @katehowereads, along with Marissa @BlatantlyBookish and @bookswithpetra

Tilly's video about characters with facial injury in Dickens youtu.be/gGwpBgv2Gw8

Thumbnail picture is the glorious Victorian tiled hall at Leeds Art Gallery.

00:00 Intro

01:20 My two non-Victober books:
Stone Blind: Medusa's Story Natalie Haynes
03:57 The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell
See @BobTheBookerer review it youtu.be/1MaGKIiM7C8

06:15 The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy
07:20 The Second Mrs Tanqueray Arthur Wing Pinero
08:30 David Copperfield Charles Dickens
15:39 Wooden Tony Lucy Clifford
17:00 Carmilla Sheridan Le Fanu
18:12 Scenes of Clerical Life George Eliot
Framley Parsonage Anthony Trollope
20:19 Poetry including Goblin Market Cristina Rossetti
22:32 And lots more poetry especially for this video on LGBTQIA Victorian poets youtu.be/Ex0c0RWl-oM