Welcome to the first episode of Les Cordelivres Club, conversations in revolutionary criticism from Indirect Books. This episode focuses on Virginia Woolf’s short story “In The Orchard,” and the foundational mode of analysis for literary critique: a consideration of narrative and narration.What is this distinction between narration and narrative in literature? What is the narrating entity and how does it shape the story? How can authors create distinct worldviews and textures through discrete narrational modes, and what does this look like in “In The Orchard”? We consider these issues and more in the discussion.Check out our full Substack post for the complete show notes, and in the meantime—stay critical.

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Welcome to our new series of applied literary criticism from the Free and Direct Podcast and Indirect Books!New podcast episodes will post on Wednesdays (cross-posted on our Free and Direct feed), with show notes posting on Saturdays (exclusive to Substack). Find show on our website, or anywhere else (Apple, Spotify, Amazon, RSS).The Cordelivres Criticism Club takes its name from a social club during the French Revolution, and will be a place to celebrate our favorite literary texts--new and old, novels and stories, famous and obscure--as we look to analyze them from the inside-out. We'll have deep-dives, guest episodes, mini-series, and more. Find out more about the series on our full Substack post, and join us for literary dissection through a revolutionary lens.Merci !

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