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'Disadvantageous' symbol
The Brachygraphy shorthand symbol for the word 'disadvantageous'
'Expectation' Symbol
The Brachygraphy shorthand symbol for the word 'expectation'
A page from Dickens's 1867 Pocket Diary
A page from Dickens's 1867 Pocket Diary, including a shorthand note of a quotation later used in a speech
Alphabet Table from Gurney's Brachygraphy manual
A table of shorthand symbols for letters of the alphabet, words that the same symbols can stand for, and spelt characters
Arthur Stone's Preface
Arthur Stone's preface to the notebooks kept from the time when he was Charles Dickens's shorthand pupil
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: 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 talks about his lifelong relationship with shorthand in an 1865 speech to the Newspaper Press Fund
Reading of an extract from Dickens's 1865 ‘Speech to the Newspaper Press Fund’, in which he describes his habit of following speeches as if taking shorthand notes
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
Audio recording: Henry Fielding Dickens reminisces about learning shorthand with his father
Reading of an extract in which Dickens's son recalls lessons with his father