Victorians! discussion

Welcome Victorians once again to the world of Anthony Trollope, one of the most popular Victorian authors of our time! We'll be reading his Dr. Wortle's School which I believe is a lesser-known work. Since this is relatively a short work, we'll be reading it in four weeks beginning on the 19th of September. Hope you'll join me in this wonderful Trollope journey. :)

Reading Schedule:

Week 1: Part 1 (Chapters 1-3) & Part 2 (Chapters 1- 3): September 19 - 25
Week 2: Part 3 (Chapters 1-3) & Part 4 (Chapters 1-3): September 26 - October 2
Week 3: Part 5 (Chapters 1-6): October 3 - 9
Week 4: Part 5 (Chapters 7-9) & Part 6 (Conclusion) (Chapters 1-3): October 10 - 16

We'll be reading six chapters per week. And please note that in some editions the parts are divided to two volumes. Parts 1 - 4 come under Volume I and Parts 5 & 6 come under Volume II.

Free ebooks and audio can be found through the following links.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21847

http://www.public-library.uk/ebooks/3...

https://librivox.org/doctor-wortles-s...

You can also look into additional resources through the link below which our moderator Kerstin has kindly found for us.

https://www.ebooksall.com/25-sources-...

Thanks for sharing these Piyangie. I enjoy Trollope's books and will try and join in though I may not be on time

Lady Clementina wrote: "Thanks for sharing these Piyangie. I enjoy Trollope's books and will try and join in though I may not be on time"

Take your time, Lady C. :) Happy to have you joining in.

Looking forward to reading this one.

Chad wrote: "Looking forward to reading this one."

Great!

I’m really hoping to keep up with the group on this book. I love the way Trollope puts together a story. Looking forward to it!

i love Trollope and would love to read Trollope with this group, but I read this about 8 years ago and won't reread as there are so many other Trollopes to read instead. I had also read Rachel Ray. Bon voyage to all you participants,

Renee wrote: "I’m really hoping to keep up with the group on this book. I love the way Trollope puts together a story. Looking forward to it!"

Great, Renee! Happy to have you onboard, too. :)

Brian wrote: "i love Trollope and would love to read Trollope with this group, but I read this about 8 years ago and won't reread as there are so many other Trollopes to read instead. I had also read Rachel Ray...."

Thanks, Brian. You may join in with the discussion if time permits.

I’m really looking forward to this, Trollope is one of my favourite authors

Pamela wrote: "I’m really looking forward to this, Trollope is one of my favourite authors"

Happy to have you joining in with us, Pamela.

I will try to join you-I love Trollope and this is a new one for me.

Thank you for facilitating this new group read, Piyangie. My reading should be open to take this on.

Happy to have you both joining in with us, Frances and Michael.

Michael wrote: "Thank you for facilitating this new group read, Piyangie..."

My pleasure, Michael.

Looking forward to reading this one with a group!

Frances wrote: "I will try to join you-I love Trollope and this is a new one for me."

I bet you look forward to reading a Trollope in a group read setting where you don't have to moderate. :)

Laurene wrote: "Looking forward to reading this one with a group!"

Happy to have you, too, Laurene. :)

Looks like I won't be late after all; I started listening to this one a few days ago on audio since my eyes felt a bit tired and now have ended up finishing the book--rule broken I know but I have detailed notes so I should be fine in our weekly instalments.

Lady Clementina wrote: "Looks like I won't be late after all; I started listening to this one a few days ago on audio since my eyes felt a bit tired and now have ended up finishing the book--rule broken I know but I have ..."

Ah, that's wonderful, Lady C. :) Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. I'll probably get around this in a day or two. Pretty excited! :)