A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling men and women, love letters, marriage and spinsterhood.
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Wharton's classic story of an aging (by Victorian-era standards) spinster socialite who would rather marry for money than for true love.
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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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Project Gutenberg and Microsoft have worked together to create thousands of free and open audiobooks using new neural text-to-speech technology and Project Gutenberg's large open-access collection of e-books. This project aims to make literature more accessible to (audio)book-lovers everywhere and democratize access to high quality audiobooks. Whether you are learning to read, looking for inclusive reading technology, or about to head out on a long drive, we hope you enjoy this audiobook col ...
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Society norms say get married, have children, fit yourself into the little box and conform to the rules. When I made the conscious decision that I wanted to stay single for life and not have kids it was unfathomable to many of the people around me. You are not being truthful to yourself! You will change your mind when you find the one! Oh and my favourite what are you broken? Then one day "Fuck That Shit!" came out of my mouth aimed at someone who had no business being in my business! That w ...
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A Hauntingly Good Special: Plot Me Baby One More Time, Summer Edition
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Send us a Text Message. Season One has drawn, more or less, to a close! We'll be posting intermittently for the rest of July & August, and then be back with SEASON TWO in September! In the meanwhile, here's some silly nonsense for your summer enjoyment. Back soon! <3 Support the Show.By Grace Todd
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Stage Me, Daddy: Bringing "Faustus" to Life with Richmond Shakespeare
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Send us a Text Message. Are you in Richmond? Want to see Faustus performed in a REAL Tudor manor?? Get your tickets here!! Richmond Shakespeare is putting on a production of Marlowe's "Tragical History of Doctor Faustus," which got us thinking--what's it like to bring an Elizabethan play to life?? Join creative director James Ricks and actor Landon…
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RE-POST - Condemn Me, Daddy: Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus"
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Send us a Text Message. We have a VERY EXCITING episode about *Staging* Marlowe's "Faustus" that will be posted TOMORROW--so I'm re-posting our original Faustus episodes, edited together into one giant episode, today! If you haven't listened yet (or have listened) and want to brush up before listening to the new episode about taking Marlowe from pa…
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Blackmail, Gay Besties, and Too Much Hand Licking: The Triumphant Conclusion of Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck"
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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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Attempted Himbo Murder, Carriage Scandal, and More Bridgerton Inspiration: Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck," Part Two
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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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The Birth of Bridgerton and So Much Horse Girl Content: Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck"
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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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Double Lives and Color Codes: Oscar Wilde's "The Sphinx Without a Secret"
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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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Stop Eating the Spinsters: Mary Wilkins Freeman's "Luella Miller"
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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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Old Man Besties & Metaphorical Boots: "Waiting for Godot," by Samuel Beckett
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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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Queer Prince Charming, Decadence, and the End of the World: "Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned"
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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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Fart division, Shallow Hal, and Chaucer: the Third Fragment of "The Canterbury Tales"
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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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Patricia Highsmith Was a Terrible Dinner Guest: "Where the Action Is" and Art vs. Artist
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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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Edith Wharton's "Kerfol": Gals, Ghosts, & Very Good Boys
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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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Plant Daddies, Empire, and H.G. Wells: "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid"
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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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Sad Art Boys and the Housewives Who Love Them: Thomas Hardy's "An Imaginative Woman," with Jessica Camilli
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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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More Mules More Problems: "The Unvanquished," Part Two
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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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Lost Causes and Stolen Mules: William Faulkner's "The Unvanquished," with Maddie Wood - Part One
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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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Raising the Stakes with Your Wine Bros: Roald Dahl's "Taste," with Michael Smith
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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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Leigh is #TeamKitty: Rebecca West's "The Return of the Soldier," Part Two
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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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Crimes Against Fashion AND Humanity: Rebecca West's "The Return of the Soldier" - Part 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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Arthur Machen's "The Bowmen," World War One Propaganda, and the Original Main Character Girlie
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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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Pay Us in Wine: The First Fragment of the Canterbury Tales, with Toni DiNardo
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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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Shameless Filler - Plot Me Baby One More Time
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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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Cursed Books and Bad Architecture: Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow," with Ty Phelps
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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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James Joyce's "Ulysses," with Marilyn Drew Necci - Part Two
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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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James Joyce's "Ulysses," with Marilyn Drew Necci - Part One
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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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"How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery" - Holiday Horror Story Theater
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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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Holiday Horror Story Theater - "Lucky's Grove"
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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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