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Novel Conversations

Novel Conversations is a podcast summarizing the world’s greatest works of classic literature: you g

Episodes

Total: 108

Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and the demands of

Thomas Hardy's last finished novel, Jude the Obscure, tells the story of Jude Fawley, a working-clas

Set in 17th century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne who

Slaughterhouse-Five follows the life and experiences of Billy Pilgrim as he finds himself “unstuck i

The story of Huck Finn is about a fun-loving risk-taker youth and his adventures on the Mississippi

This classic tale is about a youthful trickster, Tom Sawyer and his adventures in the antebellum sou

Enjoy this “irrevocably” humorous compilation of outtakes featuring amusing mistakes and mishaps fro

This early 19th century novel tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates

This old-fashioned, sweet novella is about Helen, a governess turned adventurer, who hops on a trave

Twain's last completed novel, published when he was 61 years old, recounts the life of Joan of Arc t

Plot: This adventure story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the

Plot: Main Street relates to the life and struggles of Carol Milford Kennicott in the provincial tow

“Candide” by Voltaire

2019/7/16

Plot: Candide, a simple man, is thrust into a world of chaos as he experiences the horrors of war, p

Plot: In nineteenth-century France, the daughter of a country squire Emma, marries a dull country do

Plot: A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities, and the events that fo

"East of Eden" tells the tale of the Trask and Hamilton families, who live in the scenic Salinas Val

"To Have and Have Not" tells the tale of the Depression-era Florida Keys. Featuring Harry Morgan, a

"The Moon is Down" tells the tale of port town that exports coal until it is overrun by an invading

"Northanger Abbey" tells the story of Catherine Morland, a young girl whose imagination is fueled by

In "Atlas Shrugged," business owners begin mysteriously disappearing after the government places too