Kate's challenge

[Nada]

Nuria wrote: "Wuthering Heights was my first Victorian book. I read it at seventeen and loved it. I've reread it two times..."

I read it at about the same age too! 16-17. It's really good to hear that you still loved it and appreciated it even more on rereading it, I'm four chapters in and I'm loving every second of it!

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Nada wrote: "Nuria wrote: "Wuthering Heights was my first Victorian book. I read it at seventeen and loved it. I've reread it two times..."

I read it at about the same age too! 16-17. It's really good to hear ..."
Hurray! Also, it’s a pretty good reading for a chilly autumn night.

[Jennifer]

I'm planning to re-read Wuthering Heights. I first picked it up in high school thinking it was an angsty romance and was sorely disappointed. It's time to pick it up again and read it as it was intended.

[Katya]

As far as I know I have only read two real Victorian works: A Christmas Carol and The Importance of Being Earnest. Should I just pick a Victorian book for this challenge or should I count The Importance of Being Earnest?

P.S. I am not reading A Christmas Carol in October.

[Theresa]

Katya wrote: "As far as I know I have only read two real Victorian works: A Christmas Carol and The Importance of Being Earnest. Should I just pick a Victorian book for this challenge or should I count The Impor..."

I would count The Importance of Being Earnest and then if you have time pick up something new.

[Katya]

Theresa wrote: "Katya wrote: "As far as I know I have only read two real Victorian works: A Christmas Carol and The Importance of Being Earnest. Should I just pick a Victorian book for this challenge or should I c..."

That is what I was thinking. I am also doing the October Bingo. Victorial novels dont match many of the prompts.

[Amelia]

I'm re-reading Dracula by Bram Stoker.

[April]

Katya wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Katya wrote: "As far as I know I have only read two real Victorian works: A Christmas Carol and The Importance of Being Earnest. Should I just pick a Victorian book for this challen..."

Kate has posted a link to a different Bingo game that is geared toward Victorian lit. She talks about it in her video "Things Making My #Victober". It's fun, and you don't have to print it off--you can bookmark it and track it online.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NgQp...

[Jess]

I’m rereading Great Expectations, and remembering why I fell in love with Dickens. :)

[Outi]

I decided to start victober with my reread, which was Dorian Gray. It's been something like ten years since I last read it, but I'm happy to say that I still love it just as much. By a funny coincidence, on the day that I got to "Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing", I saw the Finnish president adapt this quote during his visit to the US, which made me surprisingly happy :) (I'm Finnish myself)

[April]

Outi wrote: "I decided to start victober with my reread, which was Dorian Gray. It's been something like ten years since I last read it, but I'm happy to say that I still love it just as much. By a funny coinci..."

What a delightful surprise, Outi!

[Joanna]

I reread The Importance of Being Earnest on Friday, but I'm also planning on rereading North and South, because it's my favorite Victorian novel as well as one of my all-time favorites!

[Gabriele]

I'm currently re-reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. I'm liking Gilbert a lot less than the first time round.

[Estrella]

I'm planning to re-read David Copperfield, hopefully I can start soon with it

[Angela]

I’m going for Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. It was a tough decision between that and Jayne Eyre as my favorite ❤️

[Hannah]

Looks like I’ll be going all ‘victorian sensationalist’ with my reads for Victober. I’m re-reading Lady Audleys secret.

[Chrissie]

Freya wrote: "I'm re-reading Agnes Grey. I am really liking this more the 2nd time round. Maybe because I have read up a lot about Anne Brontë's life since 1st reading it."

Anne is my favorite of the Brontë sisters!

[Jill]

A couple of years ago I read Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and while I like it, I was never sure if I “got it”. It was my only experience reading Wilde up to that point.

I thoroughly enjoyed “ The Importance of Being Earnest” and thought a re-read of Savile’s Crime was due. Enjoyed it so much more the second time!

[Amelia]

So I finished this year's Victober with my re-read of Dracula. And I just loved it, even more than the first time reading it, I guess.
And Mina is the true heroine of this story.

[Froggles]

Amelia, I once came across an interesting theory about 'Dracula', that Stoker was tapping into fears concerning syphillis, which was extremely prevalent in Victorian England, as well as xenophobia and paranoia surrounding the immigrants then pouring into the country, supposedly bringing dirty habits and "contaminating the blood". (I can't recall whose idea this was.)

It's been some years since I last read the book, but I've been meaning to read it again to see if this point of view holds up.