ep. 73: Introducing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn w/ Karen Swallow Prior

Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.

Where to Find Karen Swallow Prior

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Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me

Top 5

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Honorable Mentions

Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

Other Books and Things

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Close Read’s Search for the Great American Novel

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.

What We’re Reading Next:

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

December

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

AND

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

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