Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-11-20
Books mentioned on How Did The Modern World Get So Ugly? - Sheehan Quirke - #1022
Sheehan Quirke is a British writer and online educator, known as The Cultural Tutor for creating accessible posts on art, history, and literature. Why does modern life feel so devoid of beauty?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a renowned tragedy by William Shakespeare that explores themes of intense romantic love, earnestness, and youth.
Discussed“Oh, willil thou leave me so unsatisfied? Juliet, what satisfaction thou have tonight? Romeo, the exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine.”
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Verse and prose in peace and war
Discussed“So this I that is a a dogeared copy of it's called verse and pros in peace and war by William null Hodson.”
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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories by Tim Burton is a whimsical and darkly comic collection of illustrated poetry featuring quirky, misunderstood characters.
Discussed“Another one about poor little mummy boy, and it's a a pharaoh's curse that causes this woman to give birth to a a a bundle of gauze.”
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