Episode 204: A Preview of The Literary Life Season 6
On The Literary Life today, Angelina and Thomas preview the upcoming season of the podcast and what books you can expect them to cover in 2024. We have some short books and exciting new series coming up in the new year, and you can scroll down for Amazon affiliate links to all the books planned.
The House of Humane Letters is currently having their Christmas sale until December 31, 2023. Everything is now 20% OFF, so hop on over and get the classes at their best prices now. In addition, you can still sign up for Atlee Northmore’s webinar “A Medieval Romance in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: How to Read Star Wars.”
If you missed it, go back to last month’s episode to get all the information about our 2024 Reading Challenge, Book of Centuries.
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Books Mentioned:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Howards End by E. M. Forster
Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Moliere, trans. by Donald M. Frame
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Harry Potter, Book 1 by J. K. Rowling
Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
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One Comment
Sarah
Mr Banks jokingly comments about needing to do more French stuff; is there a chance of the podcast doing Gaston Leroux’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera’? I read the novel for the first time this summer, and really enjoyed it. But…. The Barnes & Noble’s Classics edition has an introduction that gushes over Christine Daae, and how the novel is all about her growing into herself and her power as a woman, while calling Raoul a static, selfish, childish character who never shows any change (admittedly, I just skimmed a few paragraphs instead of reading the whole thing, because the little I did read was rather off-putting). Meanwhile, the Signet Classics version has an introduction that gives some interesting background on Leroux himself, and then goes on to discuss how this story is an example of the Beauty and the Beast trope. The Signet Classics introduction made me very curious what the Literary Life podcast would have to say about this book; I believe it would make for very interesting listening.