Nobody reads - oh wait, yes they do!

Wilkie Collins - The Woman In White and The Moonstone! Music courtesy of Anchor

Oops - I accidentally deleted my episode on The Woman in White. Here the novel along with Wilkie Collins other major work The Moonstone are discussed. Both books are highly readable with some problematic themes.

Northanger Abbey, Gothic Novels, and Ann Radcliffe!

Did you know Northanger Abbey is actual a satire of a whole genre of books? It is...listen to learn more! I’m also learning how to creat audio files - enjoy not so accurate Chopin.

Louisa May Alcott before Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy — Alcott’s unpublished works!

This episode explores two of Alcott’s “first” novels — The Inheritance (written 1849) and A Long Fatal Love Chase (1866). Both were “found” and published in the 1990s and are fun to talk about and examine. Happy Reading!

3 - Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

A recommendation for Little Dorrit including a short original musical motif written by me inspired by the novel. Great book for summer or winter reading. Great Dickens characters who are not always what they seem.

The Woman in White - Episode 2!

This episode will discuss the book and various film/tv/musical adaptations of Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White.   Please note one correction to my discussion - this was an 18th century Victorian novel, not 19th century.  Sorry about that.   This podcast...

1 - Welcome & Frankenstein

Inaugural podcast - Frankenstein 200 years later!

Nobody reads - oh wait, yes they do! (Trailer)