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Dickens's shorthand copy of a letter sent to S. A. Chappell on 22 November 1867
Shorthand copy of a letter sent by Dickens to his American promoter S. A. Chappell in 1867
Sydney Smith Part 1 Version B extract
The title and first line of a shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by a practiced shorthand writer.
Dickens's symbol for 'shorthand' written in Brachygraphy
The word 'shorthand' written in Brachygraphy from Dickens's Tavistock letter
Page of Henry Fielding Dickens's Transcribed Shorthand Characters
List of transcribed shorthand characters from Henry Fielding Dickens's lessons with his father
The Empty Chair by Luke Fildes
A sketch based on Luke Fildes's watercolour The Empty Chair by F. G. Kitton
Audio recording: David learns shorthand
Reading of a passage from chapter 38 of David Copperfield, in which David struggles to learn Brachygraphy shorthand
Audio recording: Traddles helps David improve his shorthand dictation skills
Reading of a passage from chapter 38 of David Copperfield, in which David's friend Tommy Traddles helps him to practice writing shorthand by dictating speeches
Audio recording: Dickens recalls his time as a parliamentary reporter
Reading of an extract from Dickens's 1865 ‘Speech to the Newspaper Press Fund’, in which he describes his experiences of parliamentary reporting
Audio recording: Dickens recalls his early experiences as a reporter
Reading of an extract from Dickens's 1865 ‘Speech to the Newspaper Press Fund’, in which he describes the difficulties of shorthand reporting on the move
Audio recording: Dickens's shorthand aide-mémoire from the 1867 pocket diary
Reading of a quotation that Dickens noted down in his Pocket Diary, to use in a later speech