So this is pretty sweet. Choose up to six names from classic books and replace with you and your friends. Awesome possum! Available with Dracula, Alice, and Romeo and Juliet. Which classic would you put yourself into?
I guess I choose Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, because that is the only one that isn’t sold out.
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Introduction
0:20 In which we wonder whether people will allow us to continue having a classics podcast
1:30 Jen’s issues with Jane Eyre
2:40 Nicole’s issues with Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre-related books
3:30 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
4:45 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
6:50 Jen’s theory about people loving v. not loving Jane Eyre
11:35 The House of Moreys by Phyllis Eleanor Bentley
13:05 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
14:50 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
16:40 Other Jane-Eyre related books:
Chat with Erin Blakemore, author of “The Heroine’s Bookshelf
19:30 Introducing Erin
20:00 Erin’s history with Jane Eyre
22:25 What makes this book so great?
24:10 Jane’s steadfastness
26:00 Jane’s like-ability and character
30:30 Erin questions our objections to Jane Eyre
33:30 The last 1/3 of the novel
40:10 The first 2/3 of the book (are we doing this backwards?)
41:20 Jane Eyre’s place in the canon
49:20 The wrap-up
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Introduction
Nicole introduces today’s topic, “Sherlock Holmes” by Arthur Conan Doyle
0:51 Arthur Conan Doyle’s hatred of his character
2:20 Holmes’ character and how he changed over the course of Arthur Conan Doyle’s writings.
4:50 What makes Sherlock Holmes enduring?
7:35 Sherlockian societies and inconsistencies between stories
14:08 Sherlock Holmes and HOUSE
15:50 Our Sherlock Holmes book list
Chat with Heather from Age 30+… A Lifetime of Books, Sherlock Holmes lover extraordinaire!
20:00 Our first experiences with Sherlock Holmes
23:45 TV and film depictions of Sherlock Holmes
26:37 “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice” series
Chat with Graham Moore, author of “The Sherlockian”
28:25 In which Graham makes Jen feel unaccomplished
29:09 The premise and historical background of “The Sherlockian”
32:30 Conan Doyle and authors who hate their own work
35:30 Why Graham wrote “The Sherlockian”
36:00 Jen quotes “The Sherlockian” as to why Sherlock Holmes is an enduring character
37:15 Why were people so crazy about Sherlock Holmes while Conan Doyle was writing the stories?
Thanks for joining us! Feel free to comment below, or email us at oldisnewpodcast@gmail.com
If you’re looking for further reading on Sherlock Holmes, check out this reading list from Once Upon a Bookshelf.
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