@dickens_code

Exploring the mysteries of Charles Dickens's undeciphered shorthand writing. An AHRC-funded project hosted by @uniofleicester and @unifg.

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Join us for 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries' - a virtual talk taking place 3 July at 2pm (UK time), hosted by the wonderful @DickensMuseum Find out more and register here 👇 dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-…
A photo of Dickens superimposed over 10 lines of shorthand characters. Text reads: Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries, A Virtual Talk

ALT A photo of Dickens superimposed over 10 lines of shorthand characters. Text reads: Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries, A Virtual Talk

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This one's not about the #DickensCode, but definitely worth celebrating... 🎉 @EdinburghUP Companion to Charles #Dickens and the Arts has just been published!📖 Find out more 👇edinburghuniversitypress.com… Huge thanks to our contributors and my brilliant co-editor @ProfJVJohn 👏
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Announcing: 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries' 👉Explore #shorthand in CD's life & work 👉Examine little-known #manuscripts 📖Read transcripts created by the Dickens Decoders 🎧Listen to readings that bring CD’s shorthand vividly to life! Visit: dickenscode.omeka.net/
Promotional tile featuring a daguerreotype of Dickens, courtesy of the Charles Dickens Museum, and the text: The Dickens Code: Online Exhibition. 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries'. Visit: dickenscode.omeka.net

ALT Promotional tile featuring a daguerreotype of Dickens, courtesy of the Charles Dickens Museum, and the text: The Dickens Code: Online Exhibition. 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries'. Visit: dickenscode.omeka.net

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Coming soon: DECODING DICKENS, an online #exhibition about the role of #shorthand in the life and work of #Dickens More to follow... #CracktheCode #DickensCode #stenography
Digitisation equipment with a copy of the novel David Copperfield open at the frontispiece

ALT Digitisation equipment with a copy of the novel David Copperfield open at the frontispiece

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👀Here's one of Chinnery's sketches, featuring Fort Bomparto in Macau. Can you spot the #shorthand?👇
Pencil sketch of Fort Bomparto in Macau with shorthand annotation in the top right corner.

ALT Pencil sketch of Fort Bomparto in Macau with shorthand annotation in the top right corner.

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It was brilliant to share #DickensCode at today's C19 Handwriting Study Day & Workshop! Huge thanks to @EmilyJLB @LouiseCreechan and Karin Koehler for organising and @EGaskellsHouse for hosting. Well done to our new #DickensDecoders too! 👏👏👏
Photo of the front entrance to Gaskell's House, Plymouth Grove, Manchester

ALT Photo of the front entrance to Gaskell's House, Plymouth Grove, Manchester

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💘Happy Valentine's Day from the #DickensCode💝 Can you crack our #shorthand #ValentinesDay greeting?🔍 CLUE: It's a famous quote about love from Dickens's *Our Mutual Friend* Download our DC Alphabet and DC Lexicon here & give it a go!👇 dickenscode.org/resources/ #CracktheCode
A short phrase, written in Brachygraphy characters (the shorthand system that Dickens used), overlays two hearts

ALT A short phrase, written in Brachygraphy characters (the shorthand system that Dickens used), overlays two hearts

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🎉Today is Dickens's 211th Birthday! Can you crack our birthday message?🔍 Use the alphabet to identify consonants, then decide whether the dots are at the top (a or e), middle (i or y), or bottom (o or u) of a word Next, fill in internal vowels & double letters. Good luck! 🧩
A string of handwritten shorthand symbols

ALT A string of handwritten shorthand symbols

The alphabet table from the Brachygraphy manual. This was the manual that Dickens used to teach himself shorthand as a young man.

ALT The alphabet table from the Brachygraphy manual. This was the manual that Dickens used to teach himself shorthand as a young man.

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📢 Feb's #SolveItDickens challenge is here! We're exploring a new page, titled 'Didactic'. The heading suggests a teaching exercise set by CD for his #shorthand pupil, Arthur, but the content could be anything... 📅 Deadline: 3 March ✍️dickenscode.org/didactic/ #CracktheCode
A page of shorthand script with the long-hand heading, 'Didactic'

ALT A page of shorthand script with the long-hand heading, 'Didactic'

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To whet your appetite, here are the 'Fiendish 5' symbols missing from what we've transcribed in the notebooks of Dickens's #shorthand pupil, Arthur Stone, so far @FreeLibrary @GriptheRaven 1. I once heard a story when I was living in ? (from 'Two Brothers') Any guesses? 🤔🔍🗺️
A series of five shorthand symbols, that have so far eluded our definitive decoding efforts

ALT A series of five shorthand symbols, that have so far eluded our definitive decoding efforts

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