This week’s episode has a lot in common with Victorian literature: long, sometimes digressive and (we hope) filled with fun topics and interesting characters!
We’re joined by Victorian expert extraordinaire Rohan Maitzen for a fun discussion about this wonderful era, including some of our favorite titles and authors. And no, we weren’t paid by the word.
Patreon Bonus Episode
After a summer with no bonus episodes (an unplanned break!), Paul and I put together a rather lengthy bonus episode for Patreon. This was released last week, and it was so much fun to just sit down and chat about fall reading and relaxing! If you’re interested, Patreon supporters of all tier levels get these bonus episodes! Check it out!
Substack Options
I didn’t even know it was possible until it started to happen, but some of you have supported the podcast via Substack by becoming paid subscribers. It has taken me a while to research and understand a few things that I think will make the podcast better while not changing it for regular listeners.
First, I have switched to hosting the podcast on Substack. This episode is a bit of an experiment to see if it all worked the way it is supposed to. Hopefully, even if you’ve never opened the newsletter, you are seeing this episode in your podcast feed.
Second, by switching to Substack, paid listeners here can now start getting the same bonus episodes and early releases as Patreon supporters! I will keep dabbling with this to make sure it is working well. And I welcome your feedback!
Shownotes
Books
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
North Woods, by Daniel Mason
A Little Luck, by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle
Elena Knows, by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle
Landscapes, by Christine Lai
The Overstory, by Richard Powers
Bewilderment, by Richard Powers
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Anthony Briggs
The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Michael R. Katz
The Voyage Out, by Virginia Woolf
A Fairly Good Time, by Mavis Gallant
The Sunlit Man, by Brandon Sanderson
The Limit, by Rosalind Belben
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë
The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot
Middlemarch, by George Eliot
History of the French Revolution, by Thomas Carlyle
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
Hard Times, by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
Aurora Leigh, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Ulysses, by James Joyce
In Memoriam A.H.H., by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Tess of the d’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy
The Chosen, by Elizabeth Lowry
Mary Barton, by Elizabeth Gaskell
North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell
Wive and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Last Chronicle of Barset, by Anthony Trollope
The Warden, by Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickins
The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
Bleak House, by Charles Dickens
Silas Marner, by George Eliot
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë
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Episode 64: Victorian Literature