In today’s episode, we’re wrapping up Wharton in Winter with a conversation about The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton. We focus on Undine and question whether she’s a signature unlikable heroine or an anti-hero. Our conversation also digs into the other dynamic characters, themes of motherhood, greed, marriage, business, and Edith’s incredible writing. Every plot point builds to a bigger narrative in this timely classic. At the end of the episode, we share our complementary pairings , and we hope you add one to your TBR pile!
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Mad Men
Breaking Bad
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Downton Abbey
Books Mentioned:
Italo Calvino
Vanity Fair by William Thackeray
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset
Emma by Jane Austen
Free Food For Millionares by Min Jun Lee
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
One Woman Show by Christine Coulson
Wahala by Nikki May
Trust by Hernan Diaz
112. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
111. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
110. Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes and stories of community, music, and home
109. Reading classic children's literature with Alice, Anne and Aslan
108. Our favorite (and least favorite) books of 2022
107. The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo and adapting the classics for modern readers
106. Revisit West Egg with Novel Pairings: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
105. A stack of sparkling novels set in the Roaring 20s
104. The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare and pairings for theatrical, political, or fantastical readers
103. Shakespearean titles to topple your To Be Read stack
102. Perplexed by Persuasion on Netflix
101. Ask a Shakespeare Professor
100. Persuasion by Jane Austen and romantic novels with plenty of pining
99. Literary adaptations we can't wait to read this fall
98. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry and stories as big as Texas
97. Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay and postcolonial novels to expand your world
96. Must-read books of the summer paired with beach-worthy backlist titles
95. Love and Freindship by Jane Austen and adding pure FUN to your TBR list
94. Ask Us Anything with Chelsey, Sara, and a surprise guest
93. Middlemarch by George Eliot Part Two: Pairings
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