Audio recording: Dickens talks about his lifelong relationship with shorthand in an 1865 speech to the Newspaper Press Fund
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Title
Audio recording: Dickens talks about his lifelong relationship with shorthand in an 1865 speech to the Newspaper Press Fund
Subject
shorthand
Description
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
Creator
Gerrard, Dominic
Date
2023
Rights
You may use this recording in accordance with the license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Credit: Dominic Gerrard
Format
audio/wav
Language
English
Identifier
Speech to Press Fund.wav
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Duration
0:34
Transcription
Title: Dickens talks about his lifelong relationship with shorthand in an 1865 speech to the Newspaper Press Fund
Transcription: To this present year of my life, when I sit in this hall, or where not, hearing a dull speech—the phenomenon does occur—I sometimes beguile the tedium of the moment by mentally following the speaker in the old way; and sometimes, if you can believe me, I even find my hand going on the table cloth, taking an imaginary note of it all.
Transcription: To this present year of my life, when I sit in this hall, or where not, hearing a dull speech—the phenomenon does occur—I sometimes beguile the tedium of the moment by mentally following the speaker in the old way; and sometimes, if you can believe me, I even find my hand going on the table cloth, taking an imaginary note of it all.
Collection
Citation
Gerrard, Dominic, “Audio recording: Dickens talks about his lifelong relationship with shorthand in an 1865 speech to the Newspaper Press Fund,” The Dickens Code, accessed March 14, 2026, https://dickenscode.omeka.net/items/show/18.