ep. 119: Joseph Pearce & Reading for Truth, Goodness, and Beauty

Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.

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Joseph’s Books Mentioned:

The Quest for Shakespeare

Tolkien: Man and Myth

C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church

Further Up and Further In

Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc

Joseph’s Top 5 Books:

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Divine Comedy by Dante

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

The Oxford Book of English Verse

The Complete Verse of Hillaire Belloc

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Shane by Jack Schaefer

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.

What We’re Reading Next:

August

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

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Paradise Lost by John Milton

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