Episode 64: Victorian Literature

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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