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“‘Shall we order a carriage and take him to the office; we can’t have him on our hands all the afternoon?’ ‘And we might get the new number of Nicholas Nickleby.’

N.B.—Perhaps it was Oliver Twist or The Old Curiosity Shop—I am not certain which was the current excitement just then.”

Love when books mention books!

This is what I love about Victober—the books all talk to each other. I just read about the altered Poor Laws in Simon Heffer’s book and here’s a reference to them!

Well done Clarence!! He’s so great! ❤️

“In one venerable mansion, behind the wainscot, there had been discovered nine skeletons of cats in different stages of decay, having trapped themselves at various intervals of time, and during the gradual extinction of their eighty-one lives having emitted cries enough to establish the ghastly reputation of the place.”

😂😂

I actually think this would make a great starting place with Yonge. The first-person narration makes it easier to follow and the plot moves along at a fun clip. Plus the ghost(s)!