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This episode deals primarily with Louis Bayard and his novel The Pale Blue Eye.  This episode also discusses why Edgar Allan Poe might be a good subject for historical fiction, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of book versus movie version.  George also lists several of the historical events and actual events in Poe’s life and how they are integrated into a fictional story.  And this episode also has an explanation of the whys and wherefores of night mode on a device.

• Name two examples of historical fiction novels by Charles Dickens?
• Why might Poe be a good subject for historical fiction?
• What are advantages of the movie experience?
• Why is this episode concentrating on the book version of The Pale Blue Eye?
• What is the purpose of device night mode?
• How does Bayard integrate historical facts with a fictional murder in The Pale Blue Eye?

• 01:36 Louis Bayard
• 02:39 Dickens and historical fiction
• 05:00 Poe as a subject for historical fiction
• 06:10 The movie experience
• 11:07 Digression to discussing night mode 
• 21:05 Historical facts integrated with plot in A Pale Blue Eye
• 28:18 Concerns about final portion
• 29:21 Future episodes
• 30:00 Sources
• 30:32 Outro (Nobody Coming to Marry Me)

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