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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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![EPISODE 41: Futabatei Shimei, "Ukigumo" ["Drifting Clouds"] (1889)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8835724/futabatei-shime_BW_The_Society_of_Friends_of_the_Cernuschi_Museum_Parisi_Edited_BWawyfh_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
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0:00-Three openings. Chapter 1: 16:06—Fine gentlemen. 19:50—Men with beards. 26:24—Men in coats and kimonos. 30:30—Bunzō & Noboru. 32:40—The narrator. 33:37—Salary earners. 35:39—The third house from the corner. 35:52—Interlude.
Chapter 1 continued: 36:50—The Meiji Restoration. 38:01—Translated novels. 43:40—Tsubouchi Shōyō & Futabatei Shimei. 51:50—Crossing the threshold. 55:54—Closing.
Text: Futabatei Shimei. Ukigumo. Translated by Marleigh Grayer Ryan. Japan’s First Modern Novel, “Ukigumo” of Futabatei Shimei. 1965. Center for Japanese Studies, Univ. of Michigan, 1990.
Interlude: Yūgure,” performed by Ensemble Hijiri-Kaï , Urban Music of the Edo Period , 2005, Ocora Records, Paris, Internet Archive.
Illustration: Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum, Paris.
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