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Dickens Code

Solving the ‘savage stenographic mystery’ of Dickens’s shorthand texts

Past challenges

Past challenges

Winter 2024 Challenge: Fragments from Notebooks E and F

Join us to decipher some fiendish fragments from Notebooks E and F!
Deadline: 31 January 2025

Past challenges

September-October 2024 Challenge: Final Pages of Notebook D!

Join us for the final challenge based upon Arthur Stone’s Notebook D!
Deadline: 31 October 2024

Past challenges

August 2024 challenge: Notebook D continued

Our work on Notebook D continues, with just a couple of challenges to go! Download an entry form and have a go!
Deadline: 6 September 2024

Past challenges

July 2024 challenge: Notebook D continued

Our work on Notebook D continues, with the end now in sight – and a mysterious text from an unknown source has emerged! Can you crack it? Download an entry form and have a go.
Deadline: 2 August 2024

Past challenges

June 2024 challenge: Notebook D continued

We’re getting close to the end of Notebook D, setting four more pages for our challenge this June. What new mysteries will we discover? Download an entry form and find out!
Deadline: 1 July 2024

Past challenges

May 2024 challenge: Notebook D continued

We’re continuing Arthur Stone’s Notebook D this May. What new mysteries will we discover? Download an entry form and find out!
Deadline: 31 May 2024

Past challenges

Easter challenge: a new Dickens shorthand mystery?

Over Easter, we’re inviting you to dig into a new Dickens shorthand mystery… Find out more and download a competition entry form here.
Deadline: 3 May 2024

Past challenges

Continuing Notebook D II Challenge

From February to mid-March, we’re continuing Arthur Stone’s Notebook D. What new mysteries will we discover? Download an entry form and find out!
Deadline: 15 March 2024

Past challenges

Christmas and New Year Challenge: Continuing Notebook D

For our Christmas and New Year challenge, we’re continuing Arthur Stone’s Notebook D. What new mysteries will we discover? Download an entry form and find out!
Deadline: 31 January 2024

Past challenges

November 2023 Challenge: Beginning Notebook D

For our November challenge, we’re starting Arthur Stone’s Notebook D. What new mysteries will we discover? Download an entry form and find out!
Deadline: 4 December 2023

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‘Decoding Dickens’ Online Exhibition

Visit ‘Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries’

This free online exhibition explores the role of shorthand in Dickens’s life and work, as a learner, practitioner and teacher, and how he left behind the stenographic mystery of his own shorthand – the Dickens Code.

Latest challenge

Many thanks to everyone who took part in our recent competition focused on the murder of Morris Price. The results and the competition winners will be announced soon!

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Resources

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