Blatantly Bookish | Victorian October TBR 2018 #Victober @BlatantlyBookish | Uploaded September 2018 | Updated October 2024, 5 minutes ago.
In which I discuss all of the Victorian Literature I can't wait to read this October!

Victober 2018 Host Announcement Videos:
Katie Books and Things: youtube.com/watch?v=gRavImuUH_0&t=2s
Ange, Beyond the Pages: youtube.com/watch?v=T3MMp2rkw1Q&t=2s
Kate Howe: youtube.com/watch?v=z5fFUPDZdhc
Lucythereader: youtube.com/watch?v=Za2gTU2u7sY

Lucy's Morality in Classics video (including Tess of the D'Urbervilles): youtube.com/watch?v=3embdro8RG0

Challenges:
1. Ange’s challenge: Read a book by one of the hosts’ favourite Victorian authors (Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell or Thomas Hardy)
2. Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book with a proper noun (i.e., a place name or person’s name) in the title
3. Katie’s challenge: Read a book from the first ten years of the Victorian period and/or a book from the last ten years of the Victorian period (i.e., 1837-1847 or 1891-1901)
4. Lucy’s challenge: Read a Victorian book written by a woman anonymously or under a pseudonym
5. General challenge: Read a Victorian book and watch a screen adaptation of it
Bonus: Group readalong: Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell

Books Mentioned:
-Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
-Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
-Tess of the D'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy
-Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
-Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
-The Odd Women by George Gissing
-Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

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