My A to Z of Victorian Literature #victober

Here is quite a simple video of where I go through my personal A to Z of Victorian literature. Let me know if you have any thoughts -- or better matches for those awkward letters Q, X, or Z!

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BOOKS MENTIONED:
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Villette by Charlotte Brontë
- Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
- Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Mysteries of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
- Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
- The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
- Tess of the Durbervilles
- Lorna Doone by RD Blackmore
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Knocknagow by Charles Kickham
- Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant
- Middlemarch by George Elliot
- Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
- Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope
- The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
- The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
- The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope

[scallydandlingaboutthebook]

Wonderful idea. I especially loved P is for Progress. The thing you said about it being enough like our own times to make sense and be recognisable but interestingly different is so true and hadn't really though about that point.
Also S is for Seventy Times Seven made me smile.

[sarahel]

What a great video! I also love the Thorntons (although, let's face it, Fanny can be infuriating), and Mr. Woodcourt. So glad that you mentioned him, he is one of the nicest characters in Victorian literature. And he is also very good in the BBC adaptation, Richard Harrington does a great job.

[kathleencraine]

Lisa, this was brilliant! Especially because there's lots of North & South mentions, which I love as well. M: Marriage--lots of marriage plots in Trollope, my favorites are in Barchester Towers and Doctor Thorne. And the complicated marriage of the Pallisers, which develops even more in the later books. R: Re-reads--So true! Victorian books almost always improve upon re-reading, and Our Mutual Friend is a prime example (Jenny Wren and Eugene Wrayburn are my favorites). In the mini-series, David Morrissey as Bradley Headstone is chillingly outstanding. And W: Woodcourt--Yes! I love him, too--often overlooked with all the other characters.

[novellenovels]

Great video and as always yay the brontes 🎉🎉

[teacupthestoryteller]

Great video, thank you for sharing! 😊 I found another adaptation of Wuthering Heights on Netflix so I am hoping to watch it soon 😊

[wordsofclover]

I think I really need to read North & South now!

[DebMcDonald]

Love this! I particularly liked progress because I always notice typewriters, telegrams, phonographs, and multiple daily postal deliveries. Regarding S, I’m thinking about Emily’s father being a clergyman! I wonder if she had experienced long sermons? Did you watch Harry Wild ? They mentioned Zillah in an episode and I loved it!

[rosewildwood]

Have you read “Adventures of an American Girl in Victorian London”? Short read but lots of fun. 😆