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A professor of English talks about 19th Century novels: plot summary, literary analysis, author biography, historical and cultural context. Each episode closely examines one 19th Century novel.
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Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Vol 1. Chapters 1-6. 0:00—Audley Court. 3:54—Ingatestone Hall. 8:48—Skisdon Lodge. 11:48—Lucy Graham. 14:52—Long flaxen curls. 17:04—The widowed baronet & “the sweetest girl that ever lived.” 23:03—Back from the Outback. 24:28—George & Helen. 25:46—The Australian gold rush. 28:36—Companion and clodhopper. 32:33—Robert Audley, bachelor barrister. 33:00—Death announcement. 34:12—Off to Ventnor. 34:31—Why Ventnor? 36:00—Headstone & hair. 37:16—Captain Maldon. 38:00—Interlude.
Vol. 1. Chapters 7-12. 38:20—George’s wound. 39:24—Contemporary literary practice. 41:49—The Indian Mutiny. 48:47—Lady Audley. 49:45—Childish women. 52:30—Alicia Audley. 53:56—Portrait of a beautiful fiend. 56:44—Demon & angel. 59:44—Pre-Raphaelite women. 1:01:17—George disappears. 1:01:58—Paradoxical Lady Audley. 1:02:53—Clues at Southampton. 1:03:41—Interlude.
Vol. 1. Chapters 13-18. 1:04:00-Robert’s dreams. 1:07:10—Reading The Times. 1:09:28—Off to Liverpool. 1:10:05—Journal of facts. 1:12:50—Lady Audley & Phoebe. 1:13:24—French novels. 1:18:01—Phoebe will marry Luke. 1:22:46—Audley Court vs. Mt. Stanning. 1:26:40—Castle Inn. 1:30:00—The larger picture. 1:31:43—Horses & dogs and cat & mouse. 1:35:36—Perfect beauty. 1:37:55—Appearance & character. 1:42:12—Physiognomy. 1:43:48—Victorian tension. 1:44:29—Lady Audley’s art. 1:46:20—Leaving Audley Court. 1:47:17—Robert & Lady Audley at Castle Inn. 1:51:30—Off to London. 1:51:53—Unfinished. 1:53:12—Interlude. 1:53:30—Braddon’s family. 1:54:51—Braddon’s education. 1:57:31—Braddon the actress. 2:00:07—Braddon the writer. 2:00:53—John Gilby, patron. 2:02:24—John Maxwell, publisher & lover. 2:04:52—Penny bloods. 2:06:46—A haunting at the Haymarket.
Text: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret. 1862. Oxford Univ. Press, 2012.
Interludes: Beethoven, Piano Sonata 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 (1822), performed by Francois de Larrard.
Illustration: Mary Elizabeth Maxwell (née Braddon), (detail) by William Powell Frith, Wikipedia.
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To contact me: jimjneilson@gmail.com |
Thanks to Professor Anna Gibson and the students of English 453: Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature (The Sensation Novel), NCSU Fall 2022.
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