Day One – Feb. 1st
- Background – The Writing and Publishing History
- Character List
- A Visual Tour of the Opening Chapter
- Summary and Thoughts on Chapter One
- Ch. 1 Visual Annotation of Moorland Flowers
Day Two – Feb. 3rd
- Summary and Thoughts on Chapters Two and Three
- Ch. 2 Annotation: Tea with Mrs. Buxton
- Ch. 3 Annotation: Victorian Schools
Day Three – Feb. 6th
- Summary and Thoughts on Chapters Four and Five
- Ch. 4 Annotation: Articled Clerkship
- Ch. 5 Annotation: Wordsworth’s Poem
Day Four – Feb. 9th
- Summary and Thoughts on Chapters Six and Seven
- Ch. 6 Annotation: In Memoriam by: Lord Alfred Tennyson
- Ch. 7 Annotation: Evenings at Home Volume Collection
Day Five – Feb. 12th
- Summary and Thoughts on Chapters Eight and Nine
- Ch. 8 Annotation: Forgery in the Victorian Era
- Ch. 9 Annotation: Ariel of Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Day Six – Feb. 15th
- Summary and Thoughts on Chapters Ten and Eleven
- Ch. 10 Annotation: The Spaniards and Pizarro
- Ch. 11 Annotation: There’s Rosemary for Remembrance
- Themes
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This looks like a prefect reading schedule Katherine. Thank you!
Looking forward to my first online bookclub! Thanks for setting this up. I’m reading this book on my Kindle. Do we have a hashtag for twitter discussions? You can tweet passages and notes from the Kindle.
Hello Bccmee, glad to have you joining! I’ve set up the hashtag as #readgaskell, thank you for the suggestion. 🙂
I’m checking out my copy of “The Moorland Cottage” from the library right now! Looks like there is a lot of cool background stuff for me to read here first. Thanks for running this, Katherine. I always thought Gaskell belonged in more reading groups.
(Just tweeted about this @playsthetart)
Just saw this and since I have “The Moorland Cottage” on my Kindle I’m in. I love that you have specific reading assignments for each day – although I’m now already behind. I like the idea of tweeting (if I can learn how)
Now that we have started I have to say that this format is excellent. In the past I would have read through the book and had some impressions. Going a chapet at a time allows me to really take in the detail (and the beautiful annotation you are providing just brings the book to life). I am really enjoying thts experience. Thank you for setting it up.
My pleasure, Diane! I’m so happy that you’re enjoying the group read. 🙂 And that you like the annotations.