Close Reads Podcast HQ (private feed for helpmeetmamma@gmail.com)

A Tale of Two Cities: Q&A Episode

You had questions; we did our best to answer them. It’s another Q&A and it’s all yours now . . . or as soon as you hit the play button. Happy listening! Note: no video for this one. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Monthly Mystery: The Singing Sands

Join in as we dig in to this month’s mystery novel: Josephine Tey’s The Singing Sands, a book about anxiety, obsession, and conspiracy. As always we discuss the big picture view before digging into the categories. Thanks for the support and happy listening! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

The Jane Austen Heist Draft

Welcome to the Jane Austen heist draft, in which each of us will build a six-member crew of Jane Austen characters to perpetrate a heist, Oceans 11 style. In this case, we’re stealing back a long lost Turner painting from Captain Rushworth, who has (wrongly) claimed it as his own. Who has the best crew? That’s up to you. Happy listening! Note: The Q&A for A Tale of Two Cities will run next Monday. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

The Betrothed: Chapters 9-12

Welcome back to our series on Alessandro Manzoni’s classic Italian novel. In this episode we talk about the very complicated nature of the Signora’s character, the differences and similarities between her father and Don Rodrigo, the book’s evolving ethical dilemmas, and much more. Thanks for listening! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

A Tale of Two Cities: Final Chapters

And so we come to the end of Charles Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities! In this episode, we discuss the sometimes complicated nature of reading and writing historical fiction, the way Dickens ratchets up the drama in the section, the wonderful confrontation between Miss Pross and Madame Defarge, and much more! As always, thanks for listening and happy reading! Want to ask a quesiton for next week’s Q&A? You can do so here. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.