Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2024-12-11
Books mentioned on Paula Byrne on Thomas Hardy's Women, Jane Austen's Humor, and Evelyn Waugh's Warmth
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy is a tragic Victorian novel following the harrowing trials of its titular heroine in rural England.
Discussed“one was the his study at the top of the house where he wrote Tess and just feeling just just the power of that room”
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Jude the Obscure
Discussed“if Ponder say Jude the Obscure what's your implicit model of why it is for Hardy first marriages are so hard to break”
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The well-beloved
Discussed“that's why I think the well-beloved is so interesting because it's the pursuit of the well-beloved that you once you get it you don't want it”
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Two on a tower
Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy is a lesser-known Victorian novel that explores the complex romance between an aristocratic woman and a young astronomer.
Recommended“and I do think some of those minor novels are really really fascinating and sort of not hardes you know two on a tower it's just so fascinating it's so brilliant”
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Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen is a classic nineteenth-century novel that explores morality, social standing, and domestic life within an English country estate.
Discussed“it happens to be my favorite joural novel Mansville Park I know everybody hates but I I really love it”
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Clueless
Clueless by H.
Recommended“the ones the films I like I love clueless clueless is the best adaptation because it's so funny like she just gets the funniness”
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