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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 Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Introduction. 0:00—Brontë, Collins, Fowles. 7:41—Haunted heroines. 10:13—Interlude.
Education. 10:42—Exemplary vs. exceptional. 11:57—From Episode 1: Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 13:26—From Episode 5: Wood, East Lynne. 14:27—Training girls. 15:37—From Episode 1: Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 16:42—From Episode 2: Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 22:29—Resistance. 22:59—From Episode 3: Brontë, Agnes Grey. 26:27—Interlude.
Marriage. 26:58—Marriage, meaning & money. 28:17—From Brontë, Agnes Grey. 34:48—Intimate details. 38:38—From Episode 2: Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 40:16—Sexual failing. 41:18—From Episode 18: Balzac, Cousin Bette. 43:37—Cultural prudishness. 44:08—Interlude.
Adultery. 44:38—Women seeking comfort. 45:15—From Episode 2: Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 47:32—Causes of female adultery. 48:08—From Episode 5: Wood, East Lynne. 52:41—From Episode 3: Brontë, Agnes Grey. 56:16—From Episode 17: Balzac, Cousin Bette. 58:41—Interlude.
Employment. 59:11—Governessing. 59:54—From Episode 3: Brontë, Agnes Grey. 1:04:39—Her best alternative. 1:06:04—From Episode 16, Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret. 1:08:23—Interlude.
Women Beware Women. 1:08:52—Frustrated women. 1:09:59—From Episode 7: Broughton, Cometh Up as a Flower. 1:17:02—From Episode 17: Balzac, Cousin Bette. 1:20:56—From Episode 19: Balzac, Cousin Bette. 1:23:02—From Episode 4: Wood, East Lynne.
Conclusion. 1:32:45—Chipping away at an institution. 1:34:24—Contemporary novelists on marriage. 1:35:22—Happy endings. 1:35:41—From Episode 2: Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 1:36:55—From Episode 16, Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret. 1:38:24—From Episode 5: Wood, East Lynne. 1:39:40—From Episode 3: Brontë, Agnes Grey. 1:41:37—True love ways. 1:42:07—Notes. 1:42:36—Wilhelm Schlegel on the Gothic. 1:43:35—Vera Brittain on Victorian. dating. 1:46:31—Closing.
Interludes: Clara Schumann, Prelude in B-flat Major (1845), performed by Alison Hasselquist.
Illustration: A portrait of the podcaster as an old man.
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