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#Victober
In which we announce Victober!

Victober is a month-long readathon hosted by me and several other wonderful booktubers, all about celebrating Victorian literature. (Victorian literature is British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.)

Victober Discord server: discord.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ

Victober tops are from Pixie Hallows on Etsy: tinyurl.com/9469u4yd

*The Other Hosts*

@katehowereads youtu.be/xJ8xftaK7rA?si=P3GV5e1SUq6UY9p3
@BlatantlyBookish youtu.be/DDj47C04psg
@bookswithpetra youtu.be/jlUkLBdQR8k
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 youtu.be/ocr29HvFj8c

*Challenges*

Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian work featuring a stranger/outsider
Katie’s challenge: Read a piece of Victorian ‘New Woman’ fiction
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work by an author who is new to you
Petra’s challenge: Read a Victorian first-person narrative
Ros’s challenge: Read a Victorian work in which class features strongly

Group Read: The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope
Schedule:
1 October: chapters 1–4
2: 5–7
3: 8–10
4: 11–13
5: 14–16
6: 17–19
7: 20–23
8: 24–27
9: 28–30
10: 31–33
11: 34–36
12: 37–39
13: 40–42
14: 43–46
15: 47–50
16: 51–53
17: 54–56
18: 57–59
19: 60–62
20: 63–65
21: 66–69
22: 70–73
23: 74–76
24: 77–79
25: 80–82
26: 83–85
27: 86–88
28: 89–91
29: 92–94
30: 95–97
31: 98–100

*Books Mentioned*

The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope: tinyurl.com/yfv5a2mk

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: tinyurl.com/2e9b5anr

Aurora Leigh, Elizabeth Barret Browning: tinyurl.com/4njtaamj

The Half Sisters, Geraldine Jewsbury: tinyurl.com/5n8t9j4p

Gloriana or the Revolution of 1900, Lady Florence Dixie (1892): tinyurl.com/2a6dmr8m

The Odd Women, George Gissing (1893): tinyurl.com/4mmt3h7z

Hester, Margaret Oliphant (1883): tinyurl.com/5n8tb7tw

The Romance of a Shop, Amy Levy (1888): tinyurl.com/bdvabj9h

The Story of a Modern Woman, Ella Hepworth Dixon (1894): tinyurl.com/37e7fbbx

Jill, Amy Dillwyn (1884): tinyurl.com/42nsyuc3

Esther Waters, George Moore (1894): tinyurl.com/3v6duvp7

Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy (1896): tinyurl.com/27kac32e

The Woodlanders, Thomas Hardy (1887): tinyurl.com/nwyhw4av

A Romance of the Moors, Mona Caird (1891): tinyurl.com/yc54s8y3

The Woman Who Did, Grant Allen (1895): tinyurl.com/mup8n4ca

The Egoist, George Meredith (1879): tinyurl.com/ys84sm4n

Women Who Did, Stories by Men and Women: tinyurl.com/545d4h6r

Keynotes and Discords, George Egerton (1893/1894): tinyurl.com/3tu4sf9a

The Yellow Book: https://vsfp.byu.edu/index.php/journal/the-yellow-book/
A Thief in the Night, Marion Hepworth Dixon: https://vsfp.byu.edu/index.php/title/a-thief-in-the-night/

A Woman of No Importance, Oscar Wilde (1893): tinyurl.com/4edsfwfw

The Case of Rebellious Susan, Henry Arthur Jones (1894): tinyurl.com/4npyzda8

Mrs Warren's Profession, George Bernard Shaw (1893): tinyurl.com/2p9kske

The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Arthur Wing Pinero (1892): tinyurl.com/4ktd8e2n

Red Pottage, Mary Cholmondeley (1899): tinyurl.com/yc89c4vz

The Beth Book, Sarah Grand (1897): tinyurl.com/45pf5wsp
Both recommended by @aliteraryprincess8325

Daughters of Danaus, Mona Caird (1894): tinyurl.com/bdekvpxx

The Wing of Azrael, Mona Caird (1889): tinyurl.com/4ydndxm6

Diana of the Crossways, George Meredith (1885): tinyurl.com/54u7p5kh

A Sunless Heart, Edith Johnstone (1894): tinyurl.com/mrxny6cz

Miss Brown, Vernon Lee (1884): tinyurl.com/2s49r2tn

A Struggle for Fame, Charlotte Riddell (1883): tinyurl.com/d7y4zvws

The Woman Who Didn’t, Victoria Cross (1895): tinyurl.com/264j6dep

The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James (1881): tinyurl.com/y6jpkjhh

Afternoon, Ouida (1883): tinyurl.com/2hxjc2h4

Candida, George Bernard Shaw (1898): tinyurl.com/57hf5d2f

*My Debut Novel*

My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is OUT NOW.
Buy from Waterstones (UK): waterstones.com/book/the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall/katie-lumsden/9780241556078
Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556078
Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-Katie-Lumsden/dp/0241556074
Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS
Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN
Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall

*General Links*

My website: katielumsden.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/katiejlumsden
Instragram: instagram.com/katiejlumsden
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@katiejlumsden
Facebook: facebook.com/justbooksandthings
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/8190907-katie-lumsden
Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
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