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  • FEED DROP: Thoughts From A Page - Dixon, Descending

    FEED DROP: Thoughts From A Page - Dixon, Descending
    Jul 11 2024
    Hey there listeners! We're nearly ready to get started with the next season of Novel Conversations, but in the meantime, we have a show that we think you'll love! If you enjoy this episode, be sure to go give Thoughts From A Page a follow. We appreciate it! We'll be back with fresh episodes of Novel Conversations before you know it. Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • 'The End of The Affair" by Graham Greene

    'The End of The Affair" by Graham Greene
    May 7 2024
    Graham Greene's final contribution to his 4 "Catholic Series" novels, The End of the Affair tells the story of Maurice Bendrix and his internal struggles navigating an affair with his partner, Catherine Walston. The novel's deeply introspective narrative is contrasted by the escalation of WWII in 1940s England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 'Heart Of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad

    'Heart Of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad
    Apr 23 2024
    In Conrad's landmark novel from 1899, English sailor Charles Marlow describes his voyage into the interior of the African jungle aboard a Belgian shipping vessel. The work levees a striking criticism of the imperial mindset of its era, reflected in its inclusion as one of the greatest texts of Western literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Harper Lee

    'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Harper Lee
    Apr 10 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' by Jules Verne

    '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' by Jules Verne
    Mar 26 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte

    'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte
    Mar 12 2024
    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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe

    'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe
    Feb 27 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

    "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
    Feb 13 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins