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Tea or Books? #93 Do We Care What Characters Are Called? and Two Tove Jansson Novels
Summer, Winter, names – welcome to episode 93.
https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/tea-or-books-episode-93.mp3
In the first half, we ask: ‘Do we care what characters are called?’, looking at the strange and ordinary names that characters are given. In the second half, we compare Tove Jansson’s novel – or is it – The Summer Book and short story selection A Winter Book.
As ever, we would love to hear your questions and suggestions to [email protected]. You can listen to the podcast above, through a podcast app, on Apple Podcasts, or on Spotify. You can support the podcast on Patreon, and many thanks to those who do
The books and authors we mention in this episode are:
Camilla by Frances Burney
Pamela by Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Tristam Shandy by Laurence Sterne
Evelina by Frances Burney
The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
The Half Crown House by Helen Ashton
Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton
The Foolish Gentlewoman by Margery Sharp
P.G. Wodehouse
Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp
The Gipsy in the Parlour by Margery Sharp
The Reading Group by Elizabeth [not Barbara!] Noble
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Ballad and the Source by Rosamond Lehmann
Patience by John Coates
Charles Dickens
Anthony Trollope
A Name to Conjure With by G.B. Stern
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Weather by Jenny Offill
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Chemistry by Weike Wang
Sarah Crossan
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Molly Fox’s Birthday by Deirdre Madden
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham
Sex Education by Janni Visman
Yellow by Janni Visman
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter
Lanny by Max Porter
Vanessa and Her Sisters by Priya Parmar
Lettice Delmer by Susan Miles
Hello Friend We Missed You by Richard Owain Roberts
Tomas Tranströmer
Fair Play by Tove Jansson
Sun City by Tove Jansson
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann
Frost in May by Anthonia White
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Summer, Winter, names – welcome to episode 93.
https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/tea-or-books-episode-93.mp3
In the first half, we ask: ‘Do we care what characters are called?’, looking at the strange and ordinary names that characters are given. In the second half, we compare Tove Jansson’s novel – or is it – The Summer Book and short story selection A Winter Book.
As ever, we would love to hear your questions and suggestions to [email protected]. You can listen to the podcast above, through a podcast app, on Apple Podcasts, or on Spotify. You can support the podcast on Patreon, and many thanks to those who do
The books and authors we mention in this episode are:
Camilla by Frances Burney
Pamela by Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Tristam Shandy by Laurence Sterne
Evelina by Frances Burney
The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
The Half Crown House by Helen Ashton
Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton
The Foolish Gentlewoman by Margery Sharp
P.G. Wodehouse
Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp
The Gipsy in the Parlour by Margery Sharp
The Reading Group by Elizabeth [not Barbara!] Noble
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Ballad and the Source by Rosamond Lehmann
Patience by John Coates
Charles Dickens
Anthony Trollope
A Name to Conjure With by G.B. Stern
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Weather by Jenny Offill
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Chemistry by Weike Wang
Sarah Crossan
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Molly Fox’s Birthday by Deirdre Madden
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham
Sex Education by Janni Visman
Yellow by Janni Visman
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter
Lanny by Max Porter
Vanessa and Her Sisters by Priya Parmar
Lettice Delmer by Susan Miles
Hello Friend We Missed You by Richard Owain Roberts
Tomas Tranströmer
Fair Play by Tove Jansson
Sun City by Tove Jansson
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann
Frost in May by Anthonia White
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