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  • Read Along,  Shakespeare,  Show Notes

    Episode 260: Introduction to William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”

    admin / January 21, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Welcome to The Literary Life Podcast and our first book series of 2025, covering Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. Our hosts, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks begin by sharing their commonplace…

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    Episode 233: “Harry Potter” Book 1, Ch. 3-7

    admin / July 16, 2024 / 0 Comments

    On today’s episode of The Literary Life podcast, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks continue their series on Harry Potter: Book 1 by J. K. Rowling. This week we are covering chapters 3-7. Angelina…

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  • C. S. Lewis,  Read Along,  Show Notes

    Episode 194: “Out of the Silent Planet” by C. S. Lewis, Ch. 6-15

    admin / October 17, 2023 / 0 Comments

    On The Literary Life podcast today, our hosts continue their discussion of C. S. Lewis’ science fiction novel Out of the Silent Planet, covering chapters 6-15. Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks…

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    Episode 149: “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, Ch. 12-17

    admin / November 22, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Our hosts are back on The Literary Life podcast today to continue our series on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This week we are covering chapters 12-17, and in the introduction to this episode, Angelina,…

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    Episode 146: Introduction to “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, Ch. 1 & 2

    admin / November 1, 2022 / 2 Comments

    On this week’s episode of The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina Stanford is joined as always by Thomas Banks and Cindy Rollins for the opening of their series on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Today our…

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  • Education,  Read Along,  Show Notes

    Episode 139: “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens, Bk. 1, Ch. 1-10

    admin / September 6, 2022 / 1 Comment

    On this week’s episode of The Literary Life, we begin our fall series on Charles Dickens’ Hard Times. Angelina, Cindy and Thomas start out the book chat by covering some of the differences…

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    Episode 131: “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame, Part 1

    admin / May 17, 2022 / 2 Comments

    Welcome back to The Literary Life podcast and our new series on The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Angelina, Thomas and Cindy set out to introduce this book in its historical…

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  • Jane Austen,  Read Along,  Uncategorized

    Episode 112: “Mansfield Park” by Jane Austen, Vol. 3, Ch. 1-8

    admin / November 9, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Welcome back for another installment in our series covering Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Angelina, Cindy and Thomas share their commonplace quotes which leads them into discussing Fanny’s character in contrast to the…

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    Episode 111: “Mansfield Park” by Jane Austen, Vol. 2, Ch. 6-13

    admin / November 2, 2021 / 0 Comments

    On The Literary Life Podcast this week, Angelina, Cindy and Thomas are back to discuss the next several chapters of Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. They pick back up with the continuation of…

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    Episode 108: “Mansfield Park” by Jane Austen, Vol. 1, Ch. 10-18

    admin / October 12, 2021 / 2 Comments

    Today on The Literary Life, we continue our conversation on Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. Angelina, Cindy and Thomas share their commonplace quotes, then dive into the book chat, beginning with some commentary on…

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