Novel Conversations Evergreen Podcasts
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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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'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Harper Lee
One of the greatest all-time works of American fiction, 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is a timeless account of the American South as seen through the eyes of a young girl named Scout. The novel's warm and approachable dissection of gender, society, and race have made it an enduring staple of the American literary canon.
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'20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' by Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is classic science-adventure novel written by Jules Verne, and released serially through 1870. It tells the story of the Nautilus, a futuristic deep-sea submarine, and its long voyages through the ocean's depths through the eyes of our protagonist, the marine biologist Professor Aronnax, who is captive aboard the vessel with his companions.
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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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'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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"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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"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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Customer Reviews
So happy they’re back!
I was worried they were gone for good. Now two new episodes. Thank you guys.
Brilliant!
Perfect set up and delivery!
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!