Victorians! discussion

This is the proposed schedule for A House to Let, written by some of our favorite Victorian writers.

Dec. 1-7 Over the Way
Dec. 8-14 The Manchester Marriage
Dec. 15-21 Going into Society & Three Evenings in the House
Dec. 22-28 Trottle’s Report & Let at Last

Be advised that the first week’s reading is rather shorter than the others to give participants the chance to get into the book on such short notice.

From Wikipedia...


Dickens and Collins wrote the first chapter, "Over the Way", and the last chapter "Let at Last" together, and each of the writers wrote one of the intervening chapters: Gaskell "The Manchester Marriage", Dickens "Going into Society", Procter "Three Evenings in the House" and Collins "Trottle's Report".

The plot concerns an elderly woman, Sophonisba, who notices signs of life in a supposedly empty dilapidated house (the eponymous "House to Let") opposite her own and employs the efforts of an elderly admirer, Jabez Jarber, and her servant, Trottle, to discover what is happening within.

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This looks good, and getting it free on my ipad is good too.
I'm in for this one.

The Librivox recording is read by Ruth Golding. She’s an amazing voice actress.

I'm going to get started on this book late. Just found this. Its great! Something I can get for free on Librivox! I will download it today.

Thanks.

Glad to hear it. Golding is always a treat!