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The Tavistock Letter
Shorthand copy of a letter that Dickens wrote to J. T. Delane, editor of The Times, in May 1859
Audio recording: The Two Brothers
Reading of 'The Two Brothers', a shorthand dictation exercise from the notebooks of Dickens's shorthand pupil Arthur Stone
Audio recording: Nelson
Reading of 'Nelson', a shorthand dictation exercise from the notebooks of Dickens's shorthand pupil Arthur Stone
Audio recording: Travelling
Reading of 'Travelling', a shorthand dictation exercise from the notebooks of Dickens's shorthand pupil Arthur Stone
Audio recording: Didactic
Reading of 'Didactic', a shorthand dictation exercise from the notebooks of Dickens's shorthand pupil Arthur Stone
Anecdote Part 1
The first part of a ghost story written in shorthand about a student prank gone wrong, featuring a ghost in green
Anecdote Part 2
The second and final part of a ghost story written in shorthand about a student prank gone wrong, featuring a ghost in green
The Two Brothers Part 1
The first part of a ghost story written in shorthand about the apparition of a man's dying brother
The Two Brothers Part 2
The second and final part of a ghost story written in shorthand about the apparition of a man's dying brother
Didactic
An exercise in shorthand critiquing Catholicism