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Heyer Today

Sara-Mae Tuson: Writer, editor and podcaster

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Fable Gazers Season 2: Heyer Today takes a deep dive into the life and work of Georgette Heyer, plus a book club, a cinematic investigation and amazing guests like Stephen Fry, Joanne Harris, Mary Jo Putney and more.
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All Things Georgette

Ladies Marcia Sandy Sharon and Laura

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ALL THINGS GEORGETTE is a good old-fashioned gabfest among devotees of the grand and glorious novelist Georgette Heyer. Her bestselling yet scandalously under-known Regency romances (a genre she invented!) provide the grist for a quirky conversational mill that spins in all directions, and regularly goes awry. Hungry for some sibling banter about drunken nobility, damsels in disguise, quick-witted heroines, and all things Regency? Grab a glass of ratafia, sip some claret, dig into your Oxfor ...
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A guided tour through the stories that have shaped our culture and the world we live in. Whether you’re a literature nerd, a romance aficionado, or just Not That Into Books, there’s no denying that the “great works” of literature have played a part in influencing everything from public policy to superhero movies. If you’ve ever wanted to know whether that pretentious guy on Twitter is correct in referring to news stories as “Orwellian,” wondered what stories inspired shows like Bridgerton, o ...
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Send us a Text Message. We HAVE MERCH NOW! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!! Queer besties! Sinister Plots! Cousin Marriage! Part THREE of our series on the OG Regency romance, Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck"! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the …
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Send us a Text Message. We HAVE MERCH NOW! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!! MORE scandal! MORE Horse Girl Content! MORE Bridgerton Inspiration! Part TWO of our series on the OG Regency romance, Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck"! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a…
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Send us a Text Message. We HAVE MERCH NOW! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!! Scandal! Carriage rides! Unsuitable entanglements! We're exploring the OG Regency romance, Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck"! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3 -…
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Send us a Text Message. We HAVE MERCH NOW! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!! We're kicking off pride month with our beloved Oscar Wilde! Will is back to help us get to the bottom of this secretive little story, a tale of intrigue, surveillance, and the unavoidable pull of societal expectations. As always, we are: -Asking w…
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Send us a Text Message. Weird sexy babies! Energy vampires! A desperate need for someone to make the coffee! Jess Versus supplied our sweet cover art and came to talk to us about Mary Wilkins Freeman's 1903 short story, "Luella Miller"! If you can't get enough of Jess's amazing art, check out @jessversus or @xenithrichmond on Instagram, or at https…
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Send us a Text Message. What do we want? Godot! When do we want it? On an uncertain and largely symbolic timeline that represents the uncertainty of existence! We're taking a stroll through Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," with David Timberline! If you want more of David, you can find him on the podcast "Chasing Phantom," read his theater revi…
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Send us a Text Message. We're talking about the French Decadents, subverted fairy tales, and everybody's favorite green ogre in this week's episode about turn-of-the-century fairy tales! Join us as we explore Willie's "Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned" and Renee Vivien's "Prince Charming." As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts…
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Send us a Text Message. Toni, our resident medievalist gal about town, has returned to give us more of that sweet sweet Chaucer content!! The Wife of Bath, the Friar, and the Summoner give us their tales, and their gossip in the Third Fragment: join us for all the mature, reserved Chaucerian humor you've come to expect, and try to guess which websi…
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Send us a Text Message. We're accidentally hip, for once in our lives! Just in time for Netflix's new adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley, we're joined by pod bestie Leigh to talk about Highsmith's short story, "Where the Action Is." American grifts, snail obsessions, and bad authorial behavior abound! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love…
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Send us a Text Message. Haunted houses! Law & Order: Brittany Ghosts Unit! Galen is back and she is RUINING DAYS with "Kerfol," Edith Wharton's riveting--and, frankly, *stressful*--story about a man, a wife, and an unexpected haunting. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the s…
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Send us a Text Message. Sinister plants, subversive sexualities, and the insecurity of empire! Join us as we dive into H.G. Wells' "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid" with old pal of the pod William! As always, we are: -Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com -Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter -Accepting aca…
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Send us a Text Message. What do any of us want more than a Muse Mommy? Join Grace & new pal of the pod Jessica Camilli for an exploration of Thomas Hardy's short story "An Imaginative Woman"! Neglectful husbands! Affairs of the mind! Aesthetic preoccupations that prove fatal! What more could you want? Looking for more of Jessica? You can find her (…
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Send us a Text Message. More lost cause narratives! Broken cycles! Fewer mules! Join Grace & new friend of the pod Maddie Wood as we dive into PART TWO of William Faulkner's The Unvanquished, a novel of lore, loss, and livestock set during the American Civil War. If you'd like more of Maddie, you can find her @MadelineandNine on Instagram! Send her…
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Send us a Text Message. Chests of silver! Nascent lost cause narratives! So, so many mules! Join Grace & new friend of the pod Maddie Wood as we dive into William Faulkner's The Unvanquished, a novel of lore, loss, and livestock set during the American Civil War. If you'd like more of Maddie, you can find her @MadelineandNine on Instagram! Send her…
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Send us a Text Message. Who doesn't love a naughty little wine? Join us as we discuss Roald Dahl's distinctly grown-up short story, "Taste," which has a little bit of everything--fine wines! Betrayals! Intellect-measuring contests! Dudes being dudes! If you--like us!--can't get enough of Michael, you can find him on Instagram @macklesmiff! And chec…
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Send us a Text Message. Part Two! MORE unhappy spouses! MORE passive-aggressive clothing commentary! Fun psychologists! A creeping sense of dread! What more could you ask for? Join us as we finish our exploration of the immortal Rebecca West's "The Return of the Soldier," a compelling and *~drama-filled~* tale of the home front during World War One…
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Send us a Text Message. Unhappy spouses! Passive-aggressive outfit choices! Spinster Cousins! This book has it all! Join us as we dive into the immortal Rebecca West's FIRST novel, a compelling and *~drama-filled~* tale of the home front during World War One--and so much more. As always, we are: -accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gma…
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Send us a Text Message. Grace & Leigh are diving into World War One with Arthur Machen's "The Bowmen"! Join us for big questions about portraying war in literature, citing your sources when you write about ghosts, and asides on what a WWI nurse might have done with access to TikTok. As ALWAYS you can find more at didntreaditpod.com! You can email u…
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Send us a Text Message. We're BACK to hard-hitting literary analysis without ANY dirty jokes! Definitely for reals! Toni DiNardo takes us on a journey through the first fragment of the Canterbury Tales--join us as we discuss sexy priests, wet humors, Monty Python, and the true timelessness of ass-kissing jokes. *A QUICK NOTE: Toni would like you al…
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Send us a Text Message. We desperately needed extra research and editing time, so this week we're presenting PLOT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME: An Extremely Serious and Well-Produced Episode. We will be back next week with your regular programming--we love you all! XOXO Find old episodes, sources and more at didntreaditpod.com! Complain to us at didntread…
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Send us a Text Message. Old men yelling at clouds! Sweeping away Bad Architecture! Building suspiciously homogenous alternate worlds! Ty and Grace are exploring Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow this week, and more specifically, diving into "The Repairer of Reputations," Chambers' tale of madness, cursed fiction, and a real bummer alternate ve…
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Send us a Text Message. It's Part Two!! We're kicking off the New Year with a journey into Joyce--namely, Joyce's Ulysses, a perilous tome of a book that has no doubt featured on many a literary nerd's resolution list! Join Grace and Drew as they explore Dublin, 1904, along with asides about stuffed animals; public, uhhhh, "misbehavior"; and discus…
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Send us a Text Message. We're kicking off the New Year with a journey into Joyce--namely, Joyce's Ulysses, a perilous tome of a book that has no doubt featured on many a literary nerd's resolution list! Join Grace and Drew as they explore Dublin, 1904, along with asides about internet gossip, hidden peeing, and a veritable sea of Joyce's incomparab…
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Send us a Text Message. Happy New Year from Didn't Read It! Continuing our end-of-year Holiday Haunts, I present you with E.F. Benson's "How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery," a tale about dastardly deeds, undead infants, and the importance of not shooting at ghosts. Thank you SO MUCH for being with us this year!! We'll be back with regular epis…
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Send us a Text Message. Happy Holidays from Didn't Read It! In tribute to the Victorian tradition of reading ghost stories at Christmas, Grace is here to read you a special, spooky holiday story: "Lucky's Grove," by H. R. Wakefield. A wealthy landowner finds out that his Christmas tree may be a little more than he bargained for, and may have to pay…
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Send us a Text Message. We're BACK with more Scrooge, more Muppet references, and some very important commiseration about the truly frightening costume designs for one particular spirit. Like the last episode, this is a bit more of a sprawling conversation, a little less structured than our usual episodes, but we hope you'll join the party!! Extra …
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Send us a Text Message. Light the lamp, not the rat, light the LAMP, NOT THE RAT! The holidays are beginning at Didn't Read It! Grace rounded up her besties--Jess, Galen, & Leigh--to talk about Charles Dickens' beloved, oft-adapted novella "A Christmas Carol," especially the aspects of the story that don't usually make it onto stage or screen. Much…
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Send us a Text Message. We're back for part two of Paradise Lost and we're delving into the bravery of Eve, Milton's mind-blowing additions to the English language, and Adam's apparent inability to realize that the person he's gossiping about is standing right there. As always, you can find sources and more info at didntreaditpod.com, follow us on …
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Send us a Text Message. Kayleigh Hughes is back and telling Grace all about Paradise Lost, the epic book of verse that gave a lot of us our narrative understanding of the Bible and gave Kayleigh an unshakeable affection for the literary character of Eve! Join us as we start to parse through Milton's vision of Christianity and learn about Adam's sta…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # De vagues herbes jaunes : le roman introuvable enfin disponible Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Françoise Bourdin, " C'est à Verlaine que j'ai emprunté le titre. Il s'agit d'un récit de fiction pure, qui réunit déjà tous mes thèmes de prédilection : la famille, la place de chacun dans celle-ci, la part du destin et ce…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Set et match ! Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Sabine Porte & Liane Moriarty, « L’intrigue vous maintient en haleine jusqu’à la toute fin.  » Reese Witherspoon   « On applaudit ! Moriarty excelle à jouer avec ses personnages [...] On se régale de la finesse de ses analyses psychologiques. » Alix Girod de l'A…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Lux Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Maxime Chattam, Les scientifiques comme les religieux ne peuvent expliquer ce qu’elle est ni d’où elle vient. Elle va transformer pour toujours le quotidien du monde entier, en particulier l’existence d’une mère et de sa fille. Tout en posant la question qui nous obsède tous... Nos …
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Veiller sur elle - Prix Goncourt 2023 Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Prix du roman FNAC Au grand jeu du destin, Mimo a tiré les mauvaises cartes. Né pauvre, il est confié en apprentissage à un sculpteur de pierre sans envergure. Mais il a du génie entre les mains. Toutes les fées ou presque se s…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Triste tigre Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Neige SINNO, J’ai voulu y croire, j’ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m’accueillerait comme n’importe lequel des orphelins qui y trouvent refuge, mais même à travers l’art, on ne peut pas sortir vainqueur de l’abjection. La littérature ne m’a pas sauvée. Je ne…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Les Insolents - Prix Renaudot 2023 Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Ann Scott, "À la sortie de la petite gare, en sentant la moiteur dans l’air et en voyant les palmiers sur le parking, elle a eu l’impression de débarquer dans un autre coin que le Finistère, quelque chose d’étrangement chaud, humide, enveloppant, et el…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # En ton âme et conscience... Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Claire Norton, Un bon ange veille sur vous... c'est un enfant de dix ans. Alors qu'il est à peine adolescent, Evan assiste à l'enlèvement de sa petite soeur Kelsie. Tétanisé par la peur, il ne peut rien faire. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, Evan est devenu un bril…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Le consentement Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Vanessa Springora, Au milieu des années 80, élevée par une mère divorcée, V. comble par la lecture le vide laissé par un père aux abonnés absents. À treize ans, dans un dîner, elle rencontre G., un écrivain dont elle ignore la réputation sulfureuse. Dès le premier regard…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Heureux les fêlés car ils laissent passer la lumière : le nouveau roman de Raphaëlle Giordano pour dédramatiser les peurs qui nous paralysent au quotidien et trouver son chemin intérieur Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Raphaëlle Giordano, Le nouveau roman de Raphaëlle Giordano. Henriette n'a pas que son prénom de déca…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Malgré nous... Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Claire Norton, Été 1988. Théo, Maxime et Julien réchappent d'un terrible incendie. Les trois adolescents se jurent alors une amitié " à la vie, à la mort ". Vingt années passent. Le 1er juin 2009, Marine, l'épouse de Théo, doit embarquer sur un vol Rio-Paris. Lorsque Théo…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Les Crimes de nos pères Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Åsa Larsson, Une écriture puissante, des paysages impressionnants et un sens du suspense glaçant ont fait d’Asa Larsson une figure incontournable du polar scandinave. Trois fois récompensée par le Prix du meilleur roman policier suédois, traduite dans trente pays…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Humus Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Gaspard Koenig, Deux étudiants en agronomie, angoissés comme toute leur génération par la crise écologique, refusent le défaitisme et se mettent en tête de changer le monde. Kevin, fils d’ouvriers agricoles, lance une start-up de vermicompostage et endosse l’uniforme du parfait tr…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Green.com Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Béatrice Hammer, Nous sommes en 2001. Lors d’un passage à la télé, le PDG de GGG dévoile l'existence de Green.com, une cellule supposée révolutionner la communication au sein de son groupe. Le problème ? C'était un coup de bluff. Green.com n’a jamais existé. Qu’à cela ne tienn…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Ces petits riens qui nous animent... Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Claire Norton, Ensemble, on est plus forts ! Ce matin-là, Aude est venue trouver refuge au parc des Buttes-Chaumont après avoir découvert l'infidélité de son mari. Alexandre, lui, est contraint de faire un choix entre son grand amour et sa famille. Q…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # La Symphonie des monstres Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Marc Levy, " Veronika est de ces femmes qui résistent même dans les pires moments. On ne choisit pas d'être infirmière si on accepte la défaite... Sa solitude, elle l'a apprivoisée. Dompter la peur, c'est autre chose. " En rentrant chez elle un soir, Veronika d…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # La Doublure Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Melissa Da Costa, Passion, faux-semblants, emprise… Qui manipule qui ? Une jeune femme fragile en quête d’un nouveau départ. Un couple magnétique et fascinant prêt à lui ouvrir les portes de son monde doré. Un trio pris au piège d’un jeu cruel et d’une dépendance fatale. Dan…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # La décision Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Karine Tuil, Mai 2016. Dans une aile ultrasécurisée du Palais de justice, la juge Alma Revel doit se prononcer sur le sort d’un jeune homme suspecté d’avoir rejoint l’État islamique en Syrie. À ce dilemme professionnel s’en ajoute un autre, plus intime : mariée depuis p…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Ma vie s’est arrêtée le jour où je suis née Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - C. Estrelya & Homoromance Editions, ► Résumé : Comment peut-on définir la douleur lorsque celle-ci vous englobe entièrement ? Difficile d’y répondre pour Maëlle, presque trentenaire, qui mène un combat sans fin contre elle-même depuis son enfa…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Leçons Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Ian McEwan, Alors que la menace de Tchernobyl plane sur l’Europe, la vie londonienne de l’aspirant poète Roland Baines se fissure soudainement. Peu après la naissance de leur fils, son épouse l’abandonne pour se consacrer à l’écriture de son roman, plutôt qu’à son rôle de mère. C…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Les Armes de la lumière Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Ken Follett, En cette fin de XVIIIe siècle, l'Angleterre est dirigée par un gouvernement conservateur qui réprime toute tentative de révolte. De l'autre côté de la Manche, Napoléon Bonaparte accroît inexorablement son pouvoir. Alors que la guerre est aux portes d…
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Télécharger ou Lire en Ligne # Tout le bleu du ciel Livre Gratuit (PDF ePub Mobi) - Melissa Da Costa, Petitesannonces.fr : Jeune homme de 26 ans, condamné à une espérance de vie de deux ans par un Alzheimer précoce, souhaite prendre le large pour un ultime voyage. Recherche compagnon(ne) pour partager avec moi ce dernier périple. Émile a décidé de …
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