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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 1d

💰 #TheGodfather’s famous opening scene is the wedding of #DonCorleone's daughter… But it’s not really about the wedding.

Want to learn more? In our latest #SecretLifeOfBooks episode we deep-dive into #literatures’ greatest weddings and funerals.

🎧Listen now, wherever you get podcasts! #BookSky

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Eliza Donnithorne from #Sydney is the woman thought to have inspired the character Miss Havisham from Dickens’ #GreatExpectations!

Want to learn more? In our latest episode we deep-dive into weddings & funerals in #literature. 🎧 Episode out now, wherever you listen!

#SecretLifeOfBooks #BookSky

Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 3d

What's the defining moment of your generation?

For Jonty and Sophie, it’s #FourWeddingsAndAFuneral... Do you agree?

This week on #SecretLifeOfBooks, we're bringing you a Curtis inspired montage of weddings and funerals in #Literature 💍. Tune in tomorrow, wherever you listen! #BookSky

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 7d

Coleridge was hardcore! 🤘

Want to #Learn more? Tune in to our latest episode where we chat all things #SamuelTaylorColeridge and the #Sonnet — out soon!

#readingcommunity #SecretLifeOfBooks #BookSky

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 8d

Is The Moonstone #overrated or #underrated?

In this week's episode we discuss why this masterpiece is seriously underrated. Do you agree?

🎧 Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!

#SecretLifeOfBooks #classicbooks #readingcommunity #BookSky

Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 10d

Ever come down with detective fever? Leave a comment about it below!

Wilkie Collins' novel, The Moonstone, is full of characters with a serious case of detective fever 🕵️‍♂️. Tune into the #SecretLifeOfBooks podcast tomorrow to hear more!

#classicbooks #readingcommunity #BookSky

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 12d

This week, Sophie sat down with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Jennifer Egan to chat all about Wilkie Collins's ‘The Woman in White.’

🎧 Subscribers can dive into this new episode on Patreon or Apple Podcasts now.

#SecretLifeOfBooks #classicbooks #BookSky #JenniferEgan @egangoonsquad.bsky.social

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 14d

#SLoB subscribers, we’ve got a special episode coming soon!

Sophie chats with Jennifer Egan, one of the most admired writers in America, and author of Pulitzer Prize-Winning novel ‘A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD!’

🎧 Want to know book Jennifer is talking about? Stay tuned

Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 21d

We’ve got another special episode on the sonnet! This time, Sophie chats with Paul Muldoon, one of the greatest poets of the 20th and the 21st century.

🎧 Episode out soon, stay tuned!

#SLoB #englishliterature #classicbooks #writingcommunity

Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 23d

This week we explore the many classics where trains are featured in this must-listen episode for train enthusiasts and classic literature lovers alike!

The best part? It’s ready for you to listen to now! Tune in wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

#SLoB #englishliterature #classicbooks

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 24d

Tomorrow we let off some steam by careering through the literary history of trains. From Middlemarch to Dracula, embark on a journey through the many classics where trains are featured.

🎧 Join us tomorrow, wherever you listen to podcasts.

#SLoB #classicbooks #englishliterature #literaturelovers

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 27d

Jonty chats to English literary critic and Virginia Woolf biographer, Hermione Lee, in this must-listen episode for Woolf fans and all classic literature lovers alike!

The best part? You can tune in now, wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

#virginiawoolf #biography #writingcommunity

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · 27d

SLoB subscribers, get ready for another special episode on the sonnet! This time, Sophie and Jonty spotlight Charlotte Smith, an English writer who almost single-handedly revived the poetic form.

🎧 Episode out soon, stay tuned!

#poetry #sonnet #charlottesmith #educationalpodcast #classicbooks

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 8

Don’t miss part five of our Virginia Woolf mini-series!

This week, Sophie and Jonty are joined by English Professor, Alexandra Harris, and together they dive into Woolf's novel, The Waves 🌊.

🎧Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!

#thewaves #virginiawoolf #classicbooks #newepisode

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 8

Virginia Woolf could have written an easy novel, but instead, she chose to write a challenge – not only for her readers but to death.

🎧 Tune into this episode tomorrow, with special guest Alexandra Harris!

#thewaves #virginiawoolf #classicbooks #readingcommunity

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 5

What do 17th-century poet, #JohnMilton, and 1960s #pop phenomenon, #TheBeatles, have in common? Find out more in this week’s subscriber-exclusive bonus episode, all about Milton’s radical redefinition of the sonnet in his poem ‘When I Consider How My Light Is Spent’.

🎧 Tune in on Patreon or Apple!

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 4

🪶New episode out now!🪶

This week, Sophie and Jonty explore how #JohnMilton broke #englishpoetry, radically shifting the way sonnets were written and inspiring the following generation of Romantic poets.

🎧 Subscribers, dive into this new episode on Patreon or Apple Podcasts now!

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 3

In the profound closing passage of #ARoomofOnesOwn, Virginia Woolf imagines the creativity that could flourish if women were given financial independence and personal freedom.

A haunting, hopeful ending. Do you think Woolf’s vision has been realised, almost a century later?

#virginiawoolf

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 1

Part 4 of our Virginia Woolf mini-series is out now!

This week, we unpack Woolf’s essay, A Room of One’s Own, and:

📚 Her vision for shared cultural progress
🧠 Her push for mental androgyny
🏠 What a “room of one’s own” actually entails

🎧 Listen now!

#virginiawoolf #aroomofonesown #feminist

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 1

Neither Sophie nor Jonty has their own room, but what does Virginia Woolf really mean by “a room of one’s own”?

🎧 Find out in tomorrow’s episode!

#aroomofonesown #virginiawoolf #feministliterature #feministhistory #classicbooks #newpodcastepisode

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 30

In this series for our devoted subscribers, Sophie and Jonty travel across 6 centuries of #EnglishLiterature to uncover the secrets of the sonnet. This week, they revisit George Herbert's 'Prayer'.

🎧 Subscribers can tune in now on Apple Podcasts or Patreon!

#GeorgeHerbert #classicpoetry

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 29

In the latest instalment of our subscribers-only series on sonnets across time, Sophie and Jonty unpack George Herbert's 'Prayer' and the way it breaks from tradition as he strives to encapsulate what prayer means to him.

🎧 Tune in now on Apple Podcasts or Patreon for more!

#sonnet #classicpoetry

Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 27

Virginia Woolf drew on the radical lives and ideas of the #BloomsburyGroup in her work, and nowhere is this clearer than in her avant-garde novel, Orlando.

🎧 Tune in to our latest episode to hear more about this groundbreaking novel, which is still pushing the envelope almost a century later!

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 26

Part three of our Virginia Woolf series is out now! ⌛

This week, we cover Orlando. Unlike anything Woolf had written before, it remains one of her most daring experiments.

🎧 Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.

#virginiawoolf #classicbooks #bookstagram #literaryhistory #queerhistory

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Secret Life of Books Podcast @slobpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 25

What happens when #VirginiaWoolf decides to write a “biography” that bends time and gender norms?

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Orlando is one of Woolf’s most radical works. Learn more in tomorrow’s episode, where we explore why this novel still dazzles nearly a century later.

#classicbooks #queerliterature

This is one of Virginia Woolf's most radical novels! Find out why...

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