5.8K
Downloads
44
Episodes
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.
Episodes
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Chapters 1-7: 0:00—A glorious relic. 4:02—The aging artist. 6:44—A taste for antiquities. 10:15—Gourmand syndrome. 12:24—Good taste. 16:37—Such a Schmucke. 18:36—Bette & Valerie vs. Pons & Schmucke. 21:40—Connoisseurship. 27:37—Family & food. 31:28—Dinner at the Camusots. 34:20—Gastric nostalgia. 38:17—Interlude.
Chapters 8-11: 38:40—Frankfurt-am-Main. 39:40—A wicked stepmother. 41:52—Fritz & Werther. 42:54: Rich Fritz. 43:38—Salad days. 47:18—Pons’s proposal. 49:06—Pons’s paintings. 52:00—Pons the killer. 55:00—Pons the monster. 58:31—Pons the pariah. 59:43: Dr. Poulain. 1:01:35—The tale end.
Text: Honoré de Balzac, Cousin Pons. Translated by Herbert J. Hunt, Penguin, 1968.
Interludes: Beethoven, Symphony #2 (1802), performed by the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bruno Walter, 1959.
Illustration: Honoré de Balzac, by David d'Angiers (aka Jean Pierre David), 1843.
|
Contact: jimjneilson@gmail.com |
Comments (0)
To leave or reply to comments, please download free Podbean or
No Comments
To leave or reply to comments,
please download free Podbean App.