Recently, the Bodlein Library and the British Royal Archives published digital copies of Queen Victoria’s Journals in their entirety. Some 40,000 journal pages from several different transcribed sources are available to view as high-quality photos. They are in the process of transcribing each entry and making them completely searchable, though at present the bulk of Victoria’s reign is not searchable. The current transcription runs from 1832 to February 1840 when she married Albert. As more entries are transcribed it will become interesting to see what pops up on a search. What did she really think about Tennyson’s ages-long recitation of In Memorium to her? She read Oliver Twist, but did she read Bleak House.

Another amusing by-product of the journal project is that Queen Victoria now has a Twitter feed. Which reminds me of this particular work.