Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In which I consider what to read during my favorite month— Victober —when we celebrate all things Victorian during the month of October.

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Katie @katiejlumsden
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Marissa @BlatantlyBookish
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebooks
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CHALLENGES:
Group Read: THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE by Thomas Hardy (2 chapters a day Oct 1-23
Katie: Read a Victorian bildungsroman/coming of age story
Kate: Read a Victorian work with chronic illness or disability representation
Marissa: Read a Victorian short story
Ros: Read a work of Victorian poetry
Petra: Read a Victorian book and watch a screen adaptation of it

BOOKS etc. MENTIONED:
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE by Thomas Hardy
TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES by Thomas Hardy
RETURN OF THE NATIVE by Thomas Hardy
WESSEX TALES by Thomas Hardy (perhaps especially “The Three Strangers” and its discussion of the town he calls of Casterbridge)
SELECTED POETRY by Thomas Hardy (perhaps especially the selections from his book WESSEX POEMS)
Films by Michael Winterbottom: The Claim (a retelling of The Mayor of Casterbridge), Trishna (a retelling of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, and Jude.
THOMAS HARDY (biography) by Claire Tomalin

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