I have finally decided on which books to read for the Victorian Challenge. Since I only post books I love, I intentionally listed more books hoping to come up with at least 15 for the challenge.
This challenge is hosted by Bethany from Words, Words, Words (her link is below) and here are the rules as it appears on her blog:
This challenge will run from 01 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011.
Participants can sign up at any time throughout the year.
Read your Victorian literature.
Queen Victoria reigned from 1837-1901. If your book wasn't published during those particular years, but is by an author considered 'Victorian' then go for it. We're here for reading, not historical facts! Also, this can include works by authors from other countries, so long as they are from this period.
Literature comes in many forms.
There are so many Victorian reads out there, including novels, short stories, and poetry. One poem doesn't count as a 'book': pick up an anthology instead!
Choose your books.
List your books before you begin, or pick up titles along the way. It's up to you! You can review them if you choose to, but it's not necessary. If you don't have a blog, that's fine! Link to a Facebook, or a page somewhere where you can list what you've been reading. If you can't link up, no problem - feel free to just comment and enjoy.
Spread the love.
Post the reading challenge on your blog - make your own post(s), or stick the button on the side of your page. The more the merrier, after all. Let's build a big community of Victorian literature lovers!
Choose from one of the four levels:
Sense and Sensibility: 1-4 books.
Great Expectations: 5-9 books.
Hard Times: 10-14 books.
Desperate Remedies: 15+ books.
Participants can sign up at any time throughout the year.
Read your Victorian literature.
Queen Victoria reigned from 1837-1901. If your book wasn't published during those particular years, but is by an author considered 'Victorian' then go for it. We're here for reading, not historical facts! Also, this can include works by authors from other countries, so long as they are from this period.
Literature comes in many forms.
There are so many Victorian reads out there, including novels, short stories, and poetry. One poem doesn't count as a 'book': pick up an anthology instead!
Choose your books.
List your books before you begin, or pick up titles along the way. It's up to you! You can review them if you choose to, but it's not necessary. If you don't have a blog, that's fine! Link to a Facebook, or a page somewhere where you can list what you've been reading. If you can't link up, no problem - feel free to just comment and enjoy.
Spread the love.
Post the reading challenge on your blog - make your own post(s), or stick the button on the side of your page. The more the merrier, after all. Let's build a big community of Victorian literature lovers!
Choose from one of the four levels:
Sense and Sensibility: 1-4 books.
Great Expectations: 5-9 books.
Hard Times: 10-14 books.
Desperate Remedies: 15+ books.
Her Linky where you can sign up is HERE.
Here are the books in alphabetical order:
Alice Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll, 1865
Count of Monte Cristo,The by Alexandre Dumas, 1844
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1866
Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897
Emma by Jane Austen, 1815
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, 1861
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 1868
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, 1856
Mayor of Casterbridge,the by Thomas Hardy, 1866
Middlemarch by George Eliot, 1874
Mill on the Floss,The by George Eliot, 1860
Moonstone,The by Wilkie Collins, 1868
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837
Return of the Native,The by Thomas Hardy, 1878
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, 1811
Silas Marner by George Eliot, 1861
Tale of Two Cities,A by Charles Dickens, 1859
Warden,The by Anthony Trollope, 1855
Woman in White,The by Wilkie Collins, 1859
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Vernes, 1870
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847
Washington Square by Henry James, 1880
I will keep this post on my sidebar and will update it with the post links as I go along.
Last updated: July 3, 2011
Last updated: July 3, 2011
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