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Jane Austen July TBR | 2020
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*The Announcement Videos*
Kate's Video @katehowe8499 : youtube.com/watch?v=qCRSmcSfpeE
Katie from Books and Things' Video @katiejlumsden : youtu.be/ynyQHVDh190
Ros from Scallydandling about the Book's Video @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 : youtu.be/tpQbiB4d4EE
My Announcement: youtu.be/CXOcNjwVnhE
*The Challenges*
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where religion is a component of the story
Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that plays with form in some way
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that was originally serialized
Ros’s challenge: Experience Victorian drama: read, watch or listen to a Victorian play
Group challenge: Read a Victorian work by Wilkie Collins and/or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Group Read: The Doctor’s Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Note: we are reading 2 chapters a day and ending on the 18th with the last 3 chapters)
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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.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ
*The Other Hosts and Their Announcement Videos*
Kate's Video @katehowereads: youtube.com/watch?v=qCRSmcSfpeE
Katie from Books and Things' Video @katiejlumsden: youtu.be/ynyQHVDh190
Ros from Scallydandling about the Book's Video @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711: youtu.be/tpQbiB4d4EE
*The Challenges*
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where religion is a component of the story
Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that plays with form in some way
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that was originally serialized
Ros’s challenge: Experience Victorian drama: read, watch or listen to a Victorian play
Group challenge: Read a Victorian work by Wilkie Collins and/or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Group Read: The Doctor’s Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Note: we are reading 2 chapters a day and ending on the 18th with the last 3 chapters)
*Serialization Links*
Victorian Serial Novels: victorianserialnovels.org/how-to-use
Reading Like a Victorian: https://readinglikeavictorian.osu.edu/
Database of Victorian Fiction: victorianresearch.org/atcl/view_serials.php?sd=1837-01-01&ed=1901-12-31
Katie's Serialized Read of Our Mutual Friend: youtube.com/watch?v=JqHWbdedrdA&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-MBPG79tRIATonfaPCZwG-I
Katie's Serialized Read of Bleak House: youtube.com/watch?v=XesbADhAuj0&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-PKgxyAmYyTMU69a9QF782C
*Jennifer Brooks and Alice and The Giant Bookshelf's Recommendations*
A Reader’s Guide to Sherlock Holmes: Where to Start with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Books: youtube.com/watch?v=l4cwGzNK71Q
All About Wilkie Collins: youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A_vAw4WYM
Chatting Wilkie Collins Ranking, Where to Start, and More: youtube.com/watch?v=XGzkK8kYqc0
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I was tagged by @katiejlumsden
The tag was created by @BookBuds
I Tag: @freshparchment , @karlalikestoread , @Shellyish, @takingteawithcatherine, you!
THE TWO SETS OF PROMPTS TO CHOOSE FROM:
*If you DO go to the library… answer these:
1. How often do you go to the library?
2. Do you belong to more than one library system?
3. What percent of books you read come from the library?
4. Do you listen to audiobooks or get e-books from the library or are you hooked on Audible or Amazon or something else?
5. Did you go to storytime at the library as a kid?
6. Have you ever borrowed a movie or video game from your library?
7. Have you ever gotten fined for returning books late? If so, how do you feel about that?
8. Do you attend special events, groups or book sales at the library?
9. Have you ever given or taken a book from a little free library, a book box or a book swap?
10. Bonus! Does your librarian know you by name?
11. Tag some friends!
*If you DON’T go to the library… answer these:
1. Why the heck not?
2. Where do you get your books from?
3. Have you ever had a library card or do you have one now?
4. When was the last time you stepped foot in the library?
5. Have you ever gone to an event at your library?
6. Do you have little free libraries or book boxes or book swaps where you live? Show us a picture if you do.
7. Tag some friends!
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*Books and Things Mentioned:*
-Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
-The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray
-The Secrret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Edited by Helena Whitbread
- New York Public Library Polansky Exhibition: nypl.org/spotlight/treasures
- Bibliotheque : bibliothequenyc.com
- Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks
-Three Lives & Company Bookstore
-McNally Jackson Books
-The Strand Bookstore
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*Jane Austen July Announcement Videos:*
-Mine: youtube.com/watch?v=kPegr1krDcg&t=2s
-Katie's @katiejlumsden : youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6CqZ1Zst4&t=1s
-Claudia's @SpinstersLibrary: youtube.com/watch?v=ZJwAILIW0Fk
*Channels Mentioned:*
Heather @freshparchment
Claire @Claire_Fenby
*Books Mentioned:*
-Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
-Sanditon and The Watsons by Jane Austen
-Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune How Younger Sons Made their Way in Jane Austen’s England by Rory Muir
-Jane Austen and the Clergy by Irene Collins
-Jane Austen’s Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson
-The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray (2nd book)
-The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray (1st book)
-The Unexpected Past of Miss Jane Austen by Ada Bright and Cass Grafton (sequel to The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen)
-Jane and the Unpleasantnesss at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron (first in series)
-Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
-Miss Austen Investigates by Jessica Bull
-The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
-The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
*Things to Watch:*
-Scents and Sensibility
-From Prada to Nada
-Welcome To Sanditon webseries: youtube.com/watch?v=9CAsOG1AFME&list=PL_ePOdU-b3xeIJZtHVbO2rtSkoNp63bjR
-Elinor and Marianne take Barton webseries: youtube.com/watch?v=dJ1x3kAETz8&list=PL2NAB5dxflIcIWqgP3b5zcq_PNBcDkAOy&index=5&t=4s
-Project Dashwood Websseries: youtube.com/watch?v=GZdwN3E1AP4&list=PLPoxK57DTKy5ImMJEfpF898PNfWghczYE
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In which we announce Jane Austen July . . .
Goodreads Group: goodreads.com/group/show/976576-jane-austen-july-2020
Cohosts: @katiejlumsden and @SpinstersLibrary
THE CHALLENGES
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s main six novels
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (ie, published between 1775–1817)
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch a modern screen adaptation/retelling of a Jane Austen book
READALONG SCHEDULES
Sense and Sensibility - (3 chapters a day from July 1st-14, read 4 chapters a day on the 15th and 16th):
July 1st: chapters 1, 2, 3
2nd: 4, 5, 6
3rd: 7, 8, 9
4th: 10, 11, 12
5th: 13, 14, 15
6th: 16, 17, 18
7th: 19, 20, 21
8th: 22, 23, 24
9th: 25, 26, 27
10th: 28, 29, 30,
11th: 31, 32, 33
12th: 34, 35, 36
13th: 37, 38, 39
14th: 40, 41, 42
15th: 43, 44, 45, 46
16th: 47, 48, 49, 50
Sanditon: 12 chapters, 2 chapters a day
July 17th: 1 & 2
18th: 3 & 4
19th: 5 & 6
20th: 7 & 8
21st: 9 & 10
22nd: 11 & 12
The Watsons: July 23rd - 31st
BOOKS MENTIONED (And some that should have been)
JANE AUSTEN WORKS (challenges 1 & 2)
-Pride and Prejudice
-Emma
-Persuasion
-Mansfield Park
-Sense and Sensibility
-Northanger Abbey
-The Watsons
-Sanditon
-Lady Susan
-Juvenilia
-Jane Austen's Letters
NONFICTION BOOKS (Challenge 3)
-What Matters in Jane Austen Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan
-Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
-The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
-Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by Mallory James
-An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray
-Jane Austen’s England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods by Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins
-Jane Austen Embroidery by Jennie Batchelor and Alison Larkin
-Tea with Jane Austen by Pen Vogler
More non-fiction recommendations: youtu.be/tXAHZXVWRyc
RETELLINGS AND HISTORICAL FICTION (Challenge 4)
-The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=9kc8gdTacDY&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=19&t=0s
-Miss Austen by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tqhbiCtUKzk&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=17&t=56s
-Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtu.be/82OG2V9IHng
-Longbourn by Jo Baker
-Pride by Ibi Zoboi
-The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
-Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
-The Heiress by Molly Greeley
-Reputation by Lex Croucher
-Infamous by Lex Croucher
-The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
-The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray
-The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray
-The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen by Ada Bright & Cass Grafton
CONTEMPORARIES OF JANE AUSTEN (Challenge 5)
-What Jane Austen Read: https://janeausteninvermont.blog/books/jane-austens-reading-a-list/
-Romantic Poets: Wordsworth,Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Shelley, Keats
-Cowper
-Robert Southey
-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
-Frances Burney (Evelina, Camilla... )
-Maria Edgeworth (Belinda, Castle Rackrent, The Absentee...)
-Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake, The Bride of Lammermoor, Marmion...)
-The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox
-Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (Marriage)
-Lover's Vows by Elizabeth Inchbald
-The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
- The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
AUSTEN RELATED MOVIES, TV SERIES, WEBSERIES (Challenge 6 & 7)
-BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995)
-Pride and Prejudice (2005)
-Northanger Abbey (2007)
-Sense & Sensibility (1995)
-BBC Sense & Sensibility (2008)
-Emma (2009)
-Emma (2020)
-Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
-Emma (1996)
-Love and Friendship
-Mansfield Park (1999)
-Mansfield Park (2007)
-Austenland
-Fire Island
-Bride and Prejudice (2004)
-Clueless (1995)
-Sanditon (2019)
-Lost in Austen
-The Jane Austen Bookclub
-The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be
-Emma Approved: tinyurl.com/y7762qcb
-From Mansfield With Love: tinyurl.com/y7ne8fnp
-Northbound: tinyurl.com/y7fnhv9q
-Cate Moreland Chronicles: youtube.com/watch?v=UVlqofCG2P4&ab_channel=TheCateMorlandChronicles .,m
-Eleanor and Marianne take Barton: tinyurl.com/46ss4c9m
-Rational Creatures: tinyurl.com/2nj7z23y
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Tilly's video (@tillysshelf ) : youtube.com/watch?v=euko8z3H84U&t=0s&ab_channel=Tilly%27sShelf
The questions:
1. What was your first experience reading Victorian literature and how was it?
2. Has the reading of a Victorian book ever brought you to tears? If so tell us more.
3. Are there any people who have played a significant role in your Victorian literature journey?
4. Do you have a favourite film or TV adaptation of a Victorian book? What about one you'd like to see made?
5. Which character in Victorian literature most resembles you, or you identify with most?
6. Do you have a favourite moment, scene or line from Victorian literature? Tell us about it or read it to us.
7. Does any Victorian literature intimidate you? If so, what and why.
8. What tips would you give to someone early on in their Victorian literature journey?
9. What is your top recommended read for other readers of Victorian literature?
10. Tag people.
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How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman
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The Victorian Way Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx2QMoA1Th9deXXbo7htq21CUPqEPPGuc
Mrs. Crocombe's Victorian Gingerbread: youtube.com/watch?v=53SOX3s6Jpg&ab_channel=EnglishHeritage.
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*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
*Announcement Videos:*
My Announcement:
@katiejlumsden 's Announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=dwTa7bjePg4
@katehowereads 's Announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=xJ8xftaK7rA&ab_channel=KateHowe
@bookswithpetra 's Announcement: youtu.be/jlUkLBdQR8k?si=vZyiFTygbD5TD6zM
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 's Announcement: youtu.be/ocr29HvFj8c?si=rzBZnGqCi1y866Wt
Kate Howe's 1860's Book Club: youtube.com/watch?v=EMbXuKg77-U&t=47s
*Books Mentioned:*
-The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
-The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
-Jill by Amy Dillwyn
-David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
-The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy
-Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole
-The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
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Victober is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.)
*Victober Discord server:* discord.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ
*Victober tops from Pixie Hallows on Etsy:* tinyurl.com/9469u4yd
*List of Victorian Authors:* victorianweb.org/authors/index.html
*The Other Hosts*
@katehowereads - youtu.be/xJ8xftaK7rA?si=kVIKQPaxoc2Zvzpq
@katiejlumsden - youtube.com/watch?v=dwTa7bjePg4
@bookswithpetra - youtu.be/jlUkLBdQR8k?si=vZyiFTygbD5TD6zM
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 - youtu.be/ocr29HvFj8c?si=rzBZnGqCi1y866Wt
*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 by Anthony Trollope*
October 1st: chapters 1–4
October 2nd: chapters 5–7
October 3rd: chapters 8–10
October 4th: chapters 11–13
October 5th: chapters 14–16
October 6th: chapters 17–19
October 7th: chapters 20–23
October 8th: chapters 24–27
October 9th: chapters 28–30
October 10th: chapters 31–33
October 11th: chapters 34–36
October 12th: chapters 37–39
October 13th: chapters 40–42
October 14th: chapters 43–46
October 15th: chapters 47–50
October 16th: chapters 51–53
October 17th: chapters 54–56
October 18th: chapters 57–59
October 19th: chapters 60–62
October 20th: chapters 63–65
October 21st: chapters 66–69
October 22nd: chapters 70–73
October 23rd: chapters 74–76
October 24th: chapters 77–79
October 25th: chapters 80–82
October 26th: chapters 83–85
October 27th: chapters 86–88
October 28th: chapters 89–91
October 29th: chapters 92–94
October 30th: chapters 95–97
October 31st: chapters 98–100
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Books Mentioned:
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-Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
-Circe by Madeline Miller
-Galatea by Madeline Miller
-The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
-Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
-Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse
-Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
-The Postnatal Depletion Cure: A complete Guide to Rebuilding Your Health and Reclaiming Your Energy for Mothers of Newborns, Toddlers, and Young Children by Oscar Serrallach
-The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal
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-Pride & Prejudice: A BabyLit® Counting Primer by Jennifer Adams, Illustrated by Alison Oliver
-Emma: A BabyLit® Emotions Primer by Jennifer Adams, Illustrated by Alison Oliver
- Sense & Sensibility: A BabyLit® Opposites Primer by Jennifer Adams, Illustrated by Alison Oliver
-Pride by Ibi Zoboi
-Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
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Juvenilia Schedule:
11 July: Jack and Alice: tinyurl.com/2cp6svxa
12: Frederic and Elfrida: tinyurl.com/2s3a9kjx
13: Edgar and Emma: tinyurl.com/3dhj295s
14: Henry and Eliza: tinyurl.com/bdd3ym7x
15: The Beautifull Cassandra: tinyurl.com/3yjke67n
16 Memoirs of Mr. Clifford: tinyurl.com/527fhz35
17: Amelia Webster: tinyurl.com/2s3sjp8h
18: The Mystery: tinyurl.com/mu8nce4f
19: Ode to Pity: tinyurl.com/2bfawwaj
20: Sir William Montague: tinyurl.com/527fhz35
21: The Three Sisters: tinyurl.com/2s56e33d
22: Evelyn: tinyurl.com/2ed7tdsn
23–24: Lesley Castle: tinyurl.com/msufjj9e
25–26: Catharine, or The Bower: tinyurl.com/yc5a5wpr
27–28: The History of England: tinyurl.com/93tyjdf8
29–31: Love and Friendship: tinyurl.com/yc77sk3d
Books Mentioned:
-Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
-Love and Freindship and Other Youthful Writings by Jane Austen
-The Genius of Jane Austen by Paula Byrne
-Jane Austen and the Clergy by Irene Collins
-Jane's Fame by Claire Harman
-Ghosted by Amanda Quain - Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books
-The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen by Ada Bright and Cass Grafton
-The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
-The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox
-Colridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Screen Adaptations Mentioned:
-Northanger Abbey (2007)
-Aisha (2010)
-Rational Creatures: youtube.com/watch?v=7ROWb_KUSCk&list=PLjSY-8joTNBOhc-AajrhgMyqdiuNbz-Vv&ab_channel=RationalCreatures
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THE CHALLENGES:
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s main six novels
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (published between 1775–1817). See this wonderful Goodreads List for inspiration: goodreads.com/list/show/82872.What_Jane_Austen_Read
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch a modern screen retelling of a Jane Austen book
READALONG SCHEDULES:
Northanger Abbey:
July 1st: chapters 1, 2, 3
2nd: 4, 5, 6
3rd: 7, 8, 9
4th: 10, 11, 12
5th: 13, 14, 15
6th: 16, 17, 18
7th: 19, 20, 21
8th: 22, 23, 24
9th: 25, 26, 27
10th: 28, 29, 30, 31
Juvenilia (Links courtesy of Katie):
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12: Frederic and Elfrida: tinyurl.com/2s3a9kjx
13: Edgar and Emma: tinyurl.com/3dhj295s
14: Henry and Eliza: tinyurl.com/bdd3ym7x
15: The Beautifull Cassandra: tinyurl.com/3yjke67n
16: Memoirs of Mr. Clifford: tinyurl.com/527fhz35
17: Amelia Webster: tinyurl.com/2s3sjp8h
18: The Mystery: tinyurl.com/mu8nce4f
19: Ode to Pity: tinyurl.com/2bfawwaj
20: Sir William Montague: tinyurl.com/527fhz35
21: The Three Sisters: tinyurl.com/2s56e33d
22: Evelyn: tinyurl.com/2ed7tdsn
23–24: Lesley Castle: tinyurl.com/msufjj9e
25–26: Catharine, or The Bower: tinyurl.com/yc5a5wpr
27–28: The History of England: tinyurl.com/93tyjdf8
29–31: Love and Friendship: tinyurl.com/yc77sk3d
BOOKS MENTIONED (And some that should have been)
JANE AUSTEN WORKS (challenges 1 & 2)
-Pride and Prejudice
-Emma
-Persuasion
-Mansfield Park
-Sense and Sensibility
-Northanger Abbey
-The Watsons
-Sanditon
-Lady Susan
-Juvenilia
-Jane Austen's Letters
NONFICTION BOOKS (Challenge 3)
-What Matters in Jane Austen Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan
-Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
-The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
-Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by Mallory James
-An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray
-Jane Austen’s England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods by Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins
-Jane Austen Embroidery by Jennie Batchelor and Alison Larkin
-Tea with Jane Austen by Pen Vogler
More non-fiction recommendations: youtu.be/tXAHZXVWRyc
RETELLINGS AND HISTORICAL FICTION (Challenge 4)
-The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=9kc8gdTacDY&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=19&t=0s
-Miss Austen by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tqhbiCtUKzk&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=17&t=56s
-Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtu.be/82OG2V9IHng
-Longbourn by Jo Baker
-Pride by Ibi Zoboi
-The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
-Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
-The Heiress by Molly Greeley
-Reputation by Lex Croucher
-Infamous by Lex Croucher
CONTEMPORARIES OF JANE AUSTEN (Challenge 5)
-Romantic Poets: Wordsworth,Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Shelley, Keats
-Cowper
-Robert Southey
-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
-Frances Burney (Evelina, Camilla... )
-Maria Edgeworth (Belinda, Castle Rackrent, The Absentee...)
-Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake, The Bride of Lammermoor, Marmion...)
-The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox
-Lover's Vows by Elizabeth Inchbald
-The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
AUSTEN RELATED MOVIES, TV SERIES, WEBSERIES (Challenge 6 & 7)
-BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995)
-Pride and Prejudice (2005)
-Northanger Abbey (2007)
-BBC Sense & Sensibility (2008)
-Emma (2009)
-Emma (2020)
-Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
-Emma (1996)
-Love and Friendship
-Austenland
-Fire Island
-Bride and Prejudice (2004)
-Clueless (1995)
-Sanditon
-Lost in Austen
-The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be
-Emma Approved: tinyurl.com/y7762qcb
-From Mansfield With Love: tinyurl.com/y7ne8fnp
-Northbound: tinyurl.com/y7fnhv9q
-Cate Moreland Chronicles: youtube.com/watch?v=UVlqofCG2P4&ab_channel=TheCateMorlandChronicles .,m
-Eleanor and Marianne take Barton: tinyurl.com/46ss4c9m
-Rational Creatures: tinyurl.com/2nj7z23y
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0:00 - 0:26 - Introduction
0:26 - 5:19 - The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
5:20 - 11:02 - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
11:03 - 12:41 - The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
12:41 - 13:36 - Conclusion
My Review of The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden: youtu.be/lcOmuuhLfYo
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U.S. Release Date: February 28th, 2023
U.K. Release Date: March 30th, 2023
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Books Mentioned:
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- Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
- The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell
- The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by @katiejlumsden
Katie's Video Sneak Peek of the First Chapter: youtube.com/watch?v=suvqdMxc8mE&ab_channel=BooksandThings
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-0:00 - 1:00 - Introduction
-1:00 - 5:03 - N or M? by Agatha Christie
-5:04 - 8:47 - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Bali Kaur Jaswal
-8:48 - 12:03 - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
-12:03 - 16:27 - Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
-16:27 - 22:06 - Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
-22:07 - 23:55 - Current Reads
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens and The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
-23:56 - 24:49 - Conclusion
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0:00 - 1:40 - Introduction
1:40 - 3:53 - Book 1
3:54 - 5:47 - Book 2
5:48 - 7:07 - Book 3
7:08 - 9:13 - Book 4
9:14 - 12:01 - Book 5
12:02 - 14:20 - Book 6
14:21 - 17:16 - Book 7
17:17 - 21:03 - Book 8
21:04 - 22:51 - Conclusion
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- Daystar - Happy Winter / youtu.be/yLCQ6EEpHIU
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0:00 - 0:22 - Introduction
0:23 - 1:44 - Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby
1:44 - 7:56 - Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
7:56 - 12:18 -Tell Me How it Ends An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli
12:19 - 13:17 - Conclusion
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0:00 - 0:48 - Introduction
0:48 - 4:49 - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
4:49 - 7:18 - Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell and adaptation
7:19 - 8:24 - Mr. Harrison's Confessions by Elizabeth Gaskell
8:24 - 11:01 - My Lady Ludlow by Elizabeth Gaskell
11:01 - 12:00 - Edward Lear Poetry
12:01 - 15:34 - The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
15:35 - 16:38 - Concluding Thoughts
Ros from @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 's Video about Edward Lear's Poetry: youtube.com/watch?v=npM-KtDB1LI&t=1s&ab_channel=Scallydandlingaboutthebooks
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Miss Austen Review: youtu.be/tqhbiCtUKzk
Thank you again to Pegasus Books for kindly sending me a copy of Godmersham Park. http://pegasusbooks.com/books
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Olive @abookolive 's Nonfiction November 2022 Announcement Video: youtube.com/watch?v=8HG1QL3wN6E&ab_channel=abookolive
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The Victorian Web: victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/artov.html
Valerie Browne Lester Lecture: gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/phiz-dickens-and-london
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My Announcement Video: youtu.be/JJgQnhHi5PU
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Katie @Books and Things : youtube.com/watchv=bD7nXOosUpQ&ab_channel=BooksandThings
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Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian work with chronic illness or disability representation
Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian Bildungsroman/coming of age story
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian short story
Petra’s challenge: Read a Victorian book and watch a screen adaptation of it
Ros’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian poetry, long or short
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-The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
-The Mayor of Casterbridge Movie (2003)
-The Mayor of Casterbridge Movie ( 1978)
-David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
-David Copperfield (1999) - with Daniel Radcliffe
-The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) - youtube.com/watch?v=xXh53I-Sdsk&ab_channel=SearchlightPictures
-Olive by Dinah Mulock Craik
-The Poetry of Christina Rossetti
-The Canterville Ghost, The Happy Prince, and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
-In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu
-Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
-A House to Let by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter
-Deerbrooke by Harriet Martineau
-Charlotte Mary Yonge
- The Last Chronicle of Barset
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In which we announce Victober...
Victober is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.)
Victober Goodreads group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
My top is from Pixie Hallows on Etsy: etsy.com/shop/PixieHallows
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@katehowereads : youtube.com/watch?v=IGWgG8DKcus&ab_channel=KateHowe
Katie @katiejlumsden: youtube.com/watchv=bD7nXOosUpQ&ab_channel=BooksandThings
@bookswithpetra : youtu.be/dZdO1ERQ8yo
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 : youtu.be/QLlSe3O0Jts
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Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian work with chronic illness or disability representation
Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian Bildungsroman/coming of age story
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian short story
Petra’s challenge: Read a Victorian book and watch a screen adaptation of it
Ros’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian poetry, long or short
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The Mayor of Casterbridge! We will read 2 chapters a day from October 1st - 23rd
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-The Victorian Short Fiction Project: https://vsfp.byu.edu/
-Stories of Courtship: gutenberg.org/files/15381/15381-h/15381-h.htm
(Includes: Angela by William Schwenk Gilbert, The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne by Anthony Trollope, Anthony Garstin's Courtship by Hubert Crackanthorpe, A Little Grey Glove by George Egerton, The Woman Beater by Israel Zangwill)
-Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages Libravox Recording: archive.org/details/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox
(includes The Bronckhorst Divorce Case by Rudyard Kipling, Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy, A Poor Stick by Arthur Morrison, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and The Prize Lodger by George Gissing)
-Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell (including Disappearances, The Old Nurse's Story, Lois the Witch, The Poor Clare, etc)
-The Signal Man by Charles Dickens
-The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
-The Canterville Ghost, Happy Prince, and Other Short Stories by Oscar Wilde (Also includes: The Nightengale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, A House of Pomegranates, The Young Kind, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and His Soul, The Star-child, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Sphinx Without a Secret, The Model Millionaire)
-In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan LeFanu (including Green Tea, Carmilla, The Familiar, Mr. Justice Harbottle, The Room in Le Dragon Volant)
-The Moorland Cottage by Elizabeth Gaskell
-Christmas Storms and Sunshine by Elizabeth Gaskell
-The Lifted Veil Women's 19th C. Stories (including The Lifted Veil by George Eliot, The Green Dwarf by Charlotte Bronte, The Fatal Marriage by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, The China Bowl by Charlotte Mew)
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1. How many years on Booktube are you celebrating?
2. How have you changed from your first video to now?
3. What has kept you motivated to keep making videos?
4. What’s your most popular video?
5. What have you struggled with on Booktube and how did you overcome it?
6. Where do you see your channel in one year’s time?
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-Touring Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House - youtu.be/jsuySKdj8Kc
-Paper Marbling - youtu.be/Ze7EKrROlbo
-Wives and Daughters - youtu.be/UsnwhYk-K1U
-Marriage and The Scottish Jane Austen - youtu.be/sOkBJe9Zax4
-Sarah Water's Neo Victorian Trilogy - youtu.be/I5Zic4_L2PI
-Spinsterhood in Jane Austen - youtu.be/UtcL88weEiU
-Oscar Wilde's Comedic Plays - youtu.be/zqdOlFN-GAM
-A Bookish Hangover: The Dictionary of Lost Words - youtu.be/i-xjGe1N_zo
-Special and Sentimental Books - youtu.be/a61bBaoFGFQ
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Let's be friends!
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