Classics Considered
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 13:45:46
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Sinopsis
A voyage through classic literature.
Episodios
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Embers - A Hungarian Classic - Episode 14
18/02/2018 Duración: 18minOur journey leads us to a castle in Hungary and Sándor Márai's short but stirring novel, Embers. History takes center stage in the life of the old General, who wakes up one day to take revenge on the man that haunted him for forty-one years.
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Classic Literature at the Movies - Episode 13
12/02/2018 Duración: 30minGreat books can make great movies (and, in some cases, better ones). This week's topic features some of my favorite costume dramas inspired by classics.
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Six Classics That Deserve More Love - Episode 12
04/02/2018 Duración: 25minLooking for your next great read? This episode features six little-known classics and why I feel they should be famous.
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She...Who Must Be Obeyed!
28/01/2018 Duración: 26minAn ancient family heirloom - and a mother's call for vengeance - sends young Leo Vincey and his adoptive father on a quest to find a mysterious sorceress, Ayesha, or She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed. In this episode, I review H. Rider Haggard's She, a novel which influenced the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.
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First Impressions - William Faulkner - Episode 10
21/01/2018 Duración: 22minIn this episode, we meet William Faulkner through one of his most famous novels, The Sound and the Fury.
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The Reviewer's Dilemma - How I Rate Books - Episode 9
14/01/2018 Duración: 24minOur voyage takes a detour through that hardest of decisions: how to rate a novel. I share my four personal guidelines for rating classics and show some examples of how this works in practice.
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C. S. Lewis in Outer Space, Part 2 - Episode 8
07/01/2018 Duración: 25minWe wrap up the Space Trilogy with That Hideous Strength, Lewis's dystopian thriller which takes place on our very own planet Earth.
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Lord of the World - Episode 7
01/01/2018 Duración: 29minHere we uncover another dystopian classic: Robert Hugh Benson's little-known novel from 1907, Lord of the World.
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Tragedy in America: Three Plays by Arthur Miller
08/08/2017 Duración: 25minToday I unpack three of Arthur Miller's most famous plays: All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and The Crucible.
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C. S. Lewis in Outer Space, Part 1 - Episode 5
31/07/2017 Duración: 26minThis episode takes us through the solar system as I review Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, the first two books in C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy.
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The Sea-Wolf and Other Sea Monsters - Episode 4
25/06/2017 Duración: 21minOn this voyage through classic literature, we join Humphrey van Weyden and follow his struggle to survive on the ominous ship The Ghost.
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The Writings of Lawrence of Arabia - Episode 3
12/06/2017 Duración: 20minToday's episode delves into WWI history with the life and writings of T. E. Lawrence.
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Ice and Axes - What Makes a Favorite? - Episode 2
04/06/2017 Duración: 23minFor this week's topic, I talk about my favorites from classic literature and why I may give up having "favorites" in the future.
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We vs. Me - Episode 1
28/05/2017 Duración: 17minIn this pilot episode, I discuss my latest read, We - a dystopian classic novel by Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin.