Eugine Onegin is a classic work which cemented 19th-century author Alexander Pushkin as a Russian poetic master.

Luke and Victoria reflect on Eugine Onegin with reference to its complex poetry, “the Russian Soul”, and Luke and Victoria’s differing reactions to the work.

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O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi is a wonderful tale of mutual sacrifice for love in marriage.

Luke, Kiara and Victoria discuss The Gift of the Magi by reflecting upon the mutual gift of self in marriage, and how narration can invite the reader into the lives of characters in literature.

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Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was and remains a popular tale; inspiring many adaptations, introducing terms in the English language, and never going out of print.

Luke, Kiara and Victoria discuss A Christmas Carol by looking at the Victorian relationship between superstition and positivism, and the notion that Charles Dickens popularised a secularised observance of Christmas.

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The Catholics Read team continue their exploration of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters.

In this second episode, Luke, Kiara and Victoria look at the banal austerity of evil, as well as the temptations to isolation and spiritual pride.

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C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters is one of Lewis’ great uses of satire – providing laughter, discomfort and some very profound messages.

In this first episode, Luke, Kiara and Victoria discuss C.S. Lewis’ self-criticism within The Screwtape Letters, and why he never wrote a sequel.

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The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde’s most famous play, farcically pointing fun at his era’s trivial attitude toward serious matters in a comical style which has endured to the 21st century.

Luke Kiara and Victoria discuss the satisfying schadenfreude of The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as the problem of truthfulness & lying.

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Revelation represents another classic short story by Flannery O’Connor – one of her last before her death – and features O’Connor’s typical hallmarks: deeply flawed characters, dark humour, and a beautifully composed reflection on the grace of God.

Luke and Victoria discuss the disconnect between thought and word, being “born on third base” and whether frankness is a virtue.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins was a break-away pioneer of poetry, and his innovations are on full display in his classic poem Pied Beauty.

Luke, Kiara and Victoria discuss the importance of the author, and Hopkins’ contribution to poetry through sprung rhythm and the curtal sonnet.

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G.K. Chesterton is one of the few people who can turn a disagreement about a cab fare into a lesson on existential crises – yet this is indeed what he does in The Extraordinary Cabman.

Luke, Kiara and Victoria explore the problems with radical skepticism, and what our features as humans show us about how we should approach the world.

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The scandal of sins by Catholics have been so grievous throughout history that they are used to attack the very validity of the Catholic Church – but Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s essay Scandals offers an apologetic for the integrity of the Church in spite of the sins of Her members.

Luke, Kiara and Victoria discuss Ven. Fulton Sheen’s thoughts on scandal in the Church, and what scandal says about the nature of the Church.

Correction: Pope Alexander VI is mistakenly referred to as “Pope Alexander IV”.

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