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Novel Conversations is a podcast summarizing the world’s greatest works of classic literature: you get the whole story from cover to cover. If CliffsNotes had an audio-bestfriend, it would be us! Each episode, Frank Lavallo hosts two readers, and the three of them share their reactions to the story and read their favorite passages along the way. If you're looking for a good story, you're in the right place. *This podcast is a production of the Ohio Film Tax Credit.

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    • Arts
    • 4.7 • 80 Ratings

Novel Conversations is a podcast summarizing the world’s greatest works of classic literature: you get the whole story from cover to cover. If CliffsNotes had an audio-bestfriend, it would be us! Each episode, Frank Lavallo hosts two readers, and the three of them share their reactions to the story and read their favorite passages along the way. If you're looking for a good story, you're in the right place. *This podcast is a production of the Ohio Film Tax Credit.

    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Bronte's only novel, Wuthering Heights tells the story of the turbulent relationships between the Earnshaws and the Lintons, two families of landed gentry in 1847 West Yorkshire. In its time, the novel was controversial for its depictions of cruelty and abuse, and for its challenges to Victorian ideals and morality. In the time since however, has come to be regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written.
    Special thanks to our readers, Anthony Mahramus and Elizabeth Flood, our Producer and Sound Designer Noah Foutz, our Engineer Gray Sienna Longfellow, and our executive producers Brigid Coyne and Joan Andrews.
    Here's to hoping you find yourself in a novel conversation!
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    • 58 min
    'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe

    'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe

    Titled "The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years, All Alone in an Un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having Been Cast on Shore by Shipwreck, Wherein All the Men Perished but Himself. With an Account how he was at last as Strangely Deliver’d by Pyrates. Written by Himself,” at publication, Robinson Crusoe is an enduring fiction that set the standard for the adventure novel for centuries to come.
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    • 45 min
    "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

    "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

    This classic of English literature was originally penned under the name "Currer Bell", and details the story of the titular Jane as she struggles to find comfort and self-worth through the ups and downs of her life.
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    • 50 min
    "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells

    "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells

    in 1897's West Sussex, a strangely dressed and unfriendly man named Griffin takes up lodging at a local inn, causing havoc and disharmony with his rude antics and constant scientific investigation. As the novel progresses, we see more and more of the evil within Griffin, even as he is seen less and less.
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    • 26 min
    Bleak House

    Bleak House

    "Bleak House" is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The story centers around a variety of characters whose livelihoods depend on the outcome of an active court case, Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Throughout the novel, our perspective shifts between an omniscient third person and the personal perspective of our main protagonist, Esther Summerson.
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    • 46 min
    FEED DROP – Introducing “Countdown to Dallas: The Kennedy Assassination”

    FEED DROP – Introducing “Countdown to Dallas: The Kennedy Assassination”

    Evergreen Podcasts, the network that brought you From First Lady to Jackie O, is pleased to introduce Countdown to Dallas, another podcast from Host Paul Brandus. 
    On the sixtieth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, former White House correspondent Paul Brandus takes an in-depth look at the seemingly unconnected events that led to that infamous afternoon in Dallas, Texas. He explores the troubled and broken life of Kennedy’s killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, and challenges six decades worth of conspiracy theories—none of which have been proven. 
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    • 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
80 Ratings

80 Ratings

Jordan Tewari ,

So happy they’re back!

I was worried they were gone for good. Now two new episodes. Thank you guys.

nickanderhoey ,

Brilliant!

Perfect set up and delivery!

Thelovelydove ,

Great format, would like more commentary

I just finished House of Mirth and wanted to learn more about its historical context and hear some literary analysis. Thought I’d look for a podcast so I could listen while getting things done around the house. This podcast was great. Enjoyed the format of three people talking followed by the conversation with the researcher. I was hoping for a little more context, but this episode was useful for reinforcing the key points in the book and giving me some understanding of the historical aspects of the book. Thanks!

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