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May 30, 2024 • 1h 15min

The House on the Borderland, by William Hope Hodgson. Part I.

This story helped propel 19th Century gothic fiction in the direction of “cosmic” horror. In fact, H.P. Lovecraft lists it as among his greatest influences. It begins simply enough: with two friends stumbling upon a ruined and curious house while vacationing in a remote village. After reading the tattered journal of the old recluse who lived there, they are shocked to discover an interdimensional, reality-bending nightmare full of nearly-indescribable horrors that range from demons, to bestial (somewhat Lovecraftian) monsters, and devastating parasitic fungal diseases.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 27, 2024 • 51min

Tea and the Effects of Tea Drinking, by William Scott Tebb. Part II.

William Scott Tebb gives a history of tea through 1903. He describes the origin, tea plant, harvesting, distribution, popularity and the makeup of tea. Interestingly it was a drink to boost mood. He was commissioned to find the effects of drinking tea and the characteristics of those effects finding it to be a stimulant and noting there was too much tea drinking at the time.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 27, 2024 • 50min

Tea and the Effects of Tea Drinking, by William Scott Tebb. Part I.

William Scott Tebb gives a history of tea through 1903. He describes the origin, tea plant, harvesting, distribution, popularity and the makeup of tea. Interestingly it was a drink to boost mood. He was commissioned to find the effects of drinking tea and the characteristics of those effects finding it to be a stimulant and noting there was too much tea drinking at the time.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 27, 2024 • 1h 42min

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part VI.

The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. (From Wikipedia.)The edition being read is divided into two volumes. This is Volume 1. Translated by Thomas Carlyle.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 27, 2024 • 1h 36min

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part V.

The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. (From Wikipedia.)The edition being read is divided into two volumes. This is Volume 1. Translated by Thomas Carlyle.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 27, 2024 • 1h 11min

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part IV.

The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. (From Wikipedia.)The edition being read is divided into two volumes. This is Volume 1. Translated by Thomas Carlyle.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 27, 2024 • 1h 12min

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part III.

The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. (From Wikipedia.)The edition being read is divided into two volumes. This is Volume 1. Translated by Thomas Carlyle.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 27, 2024 • 1h 45min

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part II.

The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. (From Wikipedia.)The edition being read is divided into two volumes. This is Volume 1. Translated by Thomas Carlyle.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 27, 2024 • 1h 47min

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part I.

The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. (From Wikipedia.)The edition being read is divided into two volumes. This is Volume 1. Translated by Thomas Carlyle.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 23, 2024 • 59min

The Symposium, by Plato (Πλάτων). Part II.

The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after 385 BC. On one level the book deals with the genealogy, nature and purpose of love, on another level the book deals with the topic of knowledge, specifically how does one know what one knows. The topic of love is taken up in the form of a group of speeches, given by a group of people at a symposium or a wine drinking party at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens. Plato constructed the Symposium as a story within a story within a story. This architecture creates the space for Plato to build his philosophy of knowledge. The speech of Socrates points out that the highest purpose of Love is to become a Philosopher, or Lover of Wisdom. (From Wikipedia.)Translated by Benjamin Jowett.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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