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Thackeray's letter and Dickens's shorthand reply
A letter addressed to Charles Dickens from author William M. Thackeray with Dickens's reply noted in Brachygraphy shorthand
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 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
Audio recording: John Cayford (the ‘original’ for Joe Gargery), on Dickens writing shorthand
Reading of an extract in which John Cayford recalls Dickens describing his shorthand as the 'devil's handwriting'
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: Henry Fielding Dickens reminisces about learning shorthand with his father
Reading of an extract in which Dickens's son recalls lessons with his father
'Disadvantageous' symbol
The Brachygraphy shorthand symbol for the word 'disadvantageous'
'Expectation' Symbol
The Brachygraphy shorthand symbol for the word 'expectation'