Six Stories

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Bell Upon Organ

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Portent

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The Wise Woman

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The Princess and the Goblin (version 2)

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The Shadows (Librovox)

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Dreamer's Tales

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The Princess and The Goblin and The Goblin and the Grocer

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Seaboard Parish

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Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood

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The Cruel Painter

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Wind and the Moon

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The Day Boy and the Night Girl

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Flight of the Shadow

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David Elginbrod

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The Lost Princess

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Thomas Wingfold, Curate

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The Day Boy and the Night Girl: Unabridged

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Phantastes

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Light Princess

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Diary of an Old Soul

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At the Back of the North Wind

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The Miracles of Our Lord

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The Hope of the Gospel

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The Princess and Curdie

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St. George and St. Michael, Volume 1

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The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales

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At the Back of the North Wind (version 2)

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Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women (version 2)

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The Gifts of the Child Christ

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Princess and the Goblin

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A Court of Thorns and Roses

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A Court of Silver Flames

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A Court of Mist and Fury

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Fourth Wing

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A Court of Wings and Ruin

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Parable of the Sower

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From Blood and Ash

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Stardust

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Good Omens

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The Hobbit

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Iron Flame

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Fairy Tale

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The Return of the King

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A Court of Frost and Starlight

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The Alchemist

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The Two Towers

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Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger

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American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition

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Good Omens: A Full Cast Production

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Outlander

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American Gods [TV Tie-In]: A Novel

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The Name of the Wind

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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution

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The House in the Cerulean Sea

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel

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Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes

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Neverwhere

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The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice

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Stardust: The Gift Edition

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A Darker Shade of Magic

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Five Children and It by E. Nesbit ~ Full Audiobook

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WOF 181: J.R.R. Tolkien, Master Evangelist: The great novelist, J.R.R. Tolkien, has enchanted generations of readers with his Hobbitand Lord of the Rings, and is the subject of a new feature film, titled Tolkien. But in today’s episode, Bishop Barron talks about Tolkien’s...

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C S Lewis Symposium: Telling the Truth through Imaginative Fiction: Dr Malcolm Guite addresses the subject of Lewis’s Christian imagination. In works such as The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, and The Great Divorce, and in his poetry, Lewis presented a narrative, symbolic, and imaginatively resonant persp...

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Episode 72: Phantastes, Ch. 5-9: Welcome back to The Literary Life Podcast and the second episode of our series on George MacDonald's , covering chapters 5-9. Angelina and Thomas kick off the book chat sharing some thoughts on the Duessa-type character in this section. Cindy mentions...

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Episode 73: Phantastes, Ch. 10-14: This week on The Literary Life podcast, our hosts Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins and Thomas Banks continue their series on George MacDonald’s , covering chapters 10-14. Angelina and Thomas open the book chat talking about disorientation and how...

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Episode 61: Til We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis, Ch. 1-2: Today on The Literary Life Podcast, we begin our new series on C. S. Lewis’ masterpiece, . (Affiliate links are used in this content.) This week, Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins and Thomas Banks cover the first two chapters and share their...

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Episode 74: Phantastes, Ch. 15-19: This week on The Literary Life podcast, our series on George MacDonald’s continues. Today Angelina and Cindy discuss chapters 15-19. But before they get started, they announce the upcoming reading challenge for next year, the challenge! Also, we...

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Episode 50: The Great Divorce, Ch. 11-14: This week on The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina, Cindy and Thomas wrap up their discussion of C. S. Lewis’ with the final chapters 11-14. Before starting their talk about the book, Cindy shares about her upcoming Summer Discipleship Program, ....

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Episode 75: Phantastes, Ch. 20-End: This week on The Literary Life podcast, we wrap up our series on George MacDonald’s . Today Angelina, Cindy and Thomas discuss chapters 20-25. Thomas opens the conversations giving his impressions of the ending of this fantasy. Angelina talks more...

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Episode 48: The Great Divorce, Ch. 2-6: On The Literary Life podcast today, our hosts Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins and Thomas Banks discuss chapters 2-6 of C. S. Lewis’ . Angelina reminds us as we begin this exploration of Lewis’ narrative not to read too much theology into the...

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Episode 47: The Great Divorce, Preface & Ch. 1: On The Literary Life podcast today, Cindy Rollins, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks begin their series on by C. S. Lewis. Today you are going to get a crash-course in Medievalism through Lewis’ story, and we hope you will enjoy this book as much...

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Predicting the Coming Dystopia C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy (Half): Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength make up the lesser known C.S. Lewis space trilogy, covering the adventures of Ransom, the demoniac Weston and how the alien narrative might fit into the notion of the fall and there...

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Our Favorite Characters: This week Marlon & Jake discuss memorable characters from books by dead authors—who they love, who they despise and everything in between. What exactly makes a character great? Who would they invite to their literary dinner party and why? From Elmore Leonard’s Raylan to Louisa May Alcott’s Jo March, Lady Macbeth to Auntie Mame—tune in to hear which fictional personalities would get a seat at the table, who would be banished forever, and who Marlon and Jake would simply ignore.

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The Beach Read: In the final episode of the season, Marlon and Jake weigh in on their favorite vacation reads, including the ones they started but never finished. Tune in to find out which classic novels Jake took to the beach and which ones Marlon says should have been thrown in the ocean. Subscribe to our River-herd newsletter for sneak peeks of our upcoming books, free giveaways, and exclusive content. https://sites.prh.com/riverhead-reader-newsletter The Goodbye Look by Ross McDonald War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Chances by Jackie Collins The Year of the French by Thomas Flanagan All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque The Golden Bowl by Henry James The Ambassadors by Henry James Portrait of a Lady by Henry James Pronto by Elmore Leonard Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot by

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Literary Grudge Match: Marlon and Jake take on literary giants in a grudge match for the ages. This time it's Charles Dickens vs. Anthony Trollope and Louisa May Alcott vs. Laura Ingalls Wilder in a no-holds-barred royal rumble. The two of them pull no punches, whether they're talking about racism or Edith Wharton's snobbery, colonialism or Hugh Grant's hair. So get ready to cheer on your favorite dead author and literary warrior as Marlon and Jake go mano a mano in a street fight you've definitely never come across before.

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399 Stephen Crane (with Linda H. Davis)

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Epic Fantasy: This week Marlon and Jake venture into fantasy: the imagined worlds of dead writers—from quests and dragons to magic carpets and pregnant kings. As they dive into the works of the giants of traditional fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, they discuss the influence both writers had on Marlon's own fantasy epic, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, which was inspired by the epic traditions of Africa and writers like D.O. Fagunwa and Amos Tutuola. They debate how reading fantasy as a child differs from reading it as an adult, wonder why there aren't more female characters, and lament how fantasy is still mostly read by boys and men. From The Hobbit to Ursula K. Le Guin, the two have some very real takes on the make-believe. So tune in. Select titles mentioned in this episode: - The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle - The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - The Bloody Chamber by

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Literary Grudge Match: Marlon and Jake kick off the first episode by taking on some literary giants in a grudge match for the ages. This time it's Charles Dickens vs. Anthony Trollope and Louisa May Alcott vs. Laura Ingalls Wilder in a no-holds-barred royal rumble. The two of them pull no punches, whether they're talking about racism or Edith Wharton's snobbery, colonialism or Hugh Grant's hair. So get ready to cheer on your favorite dead author and literary warrior as Marlon and Jake go mano a mano in a street fight you've definitely never come across before. Select titles mentioned in this episode: - The Palliser Novels by Anthony Trollope - The Warden by Anthony Trollope - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - Bleak House by Charles Dickens - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens - The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Little House on the Prairie by La

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Our Second Favorite Books by Dead Authors: We've heard them rave about their favorites and rant about their least favorites, but Marlon and Jake reveal in this episode their second favorite books by dead authors: the books they love that are the runners-up to the #1 spots in their hearts. From Amos Tutuola to Gabriel García Márquez to John le Carré and more, Marlon and Jake explore why one's favorite book by an author might not always be their best book, what separates an intellectual vs. an emotional response to a book, and the importance of being a promiscuous reader. (That’s right, promiscuous.) And what is the next book by a dead author Marlon and Jake will be reading together for the first time? Tune in to find out!

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Castle Talk: Jack Dann on His Wild Alternate Venice Fantasy Shadows in the Stone: Tonight we’re chatting with Jack Dann, author of the alternate-Venice-fantasy book SHADOWS IN THE STONE from IFWG. SHADOWS IN THE STONE The author of The Age #1 bestselling novel The Memory Cathedral returns to Renaissance Italy with a transcendent...

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Questions, Questions: This week Marlon and Jake answer some of the questions that listeners have asked. What dead author or book did they initially hate but have come around to love? What is the best book by the worst dead author? And who is the most annoying character by a dead author? (Spoiler alert: Heathcliff. Obviously.) Along the way Jake confesses a lack of enthusiasm for William Faulkner and, yes, Virginia Woolf, while Marlon bemoans the insufferably boring Thomas Hardy and makes a plug for the poetic darkness of Shakespeare’s Richard III.  Their shared hatred of A Tale of Two Cities is back and stronger than ever. Will Jake re-read Absalom, Absalom!? Will Marlon let go of his Edith Wharton grudge? Should we take relationship advice from Jane Austen? Was D.H. Lawrence the 20th Century’s bridesmaid but never its bride?  Has the “Great Pirate Novel” been written? Tune in to learn the answers to these essential questions and so much more! Select titles discussed in this episode:

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Episode 58: "Leaf by Niggle" by J. R. R. Tolkien, Part 1: Welcome to another episode of The Literary Life with Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks. Both this week and next, our hosts will be discussing J. R. R. Tolkien's short story "". When this episode goes live, Cindy, Angelina and Thomas...

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Episode 81 - Reviews of Hidden, Genesis, and World War 3 Illustrated #45: Destruction, Death, and the Holocaust…an Uplifting Show!

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173 – Michelle Paver & Long Nights of the Body & Soul

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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner with James Kelman: Author James Kelman joins us to discuss James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, originally published in 1824. It tells the story of a staunch Calvininst who is lured into a killing spree by a mysterious, shapeshifting being. We discuss the novel's unusual structure, moral ambiguity, and mixture of genres. Kelman offers historical insight into the book's philospophy and places the work in a modern, international context. References:Andre GideFranz KafkaThe Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell and Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel JohnsonThe Collected Letters of James HoggThe Brownie of Black HaggsJohn BrownWilliam BlakeEdgar Allan PoeRobert Louis StevensonDracula by Bram StokerSamuel BeckettThe CastleThe TrialPeggotty in David Copperfield by Charles DickensImmanuel KantDavid HumeAdam SmithFrancis HutchinsonJames Clerk MaxwellHegelKarl MarxSoren Ki

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Nicholas Jubber, "The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales" (John Murray, 2022): An interview with Nicholas Jubber

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City of Weird (2017)(122921): Re-Imagined Radio produces live and recorded old classics and new!

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Judging a Book: In this episode, Marlon and Jake weigh in on a question as old as books themselves—can you judge a book by its cover? Spoiler alert: the answer is yes! They discuss good books with bad covers and bad books with good covers, cover art trends (*cough* the woman facing away), books that were recommended to them, and books they read because of peer pressure. Tune in to hear Marlon and Jake opine the myriad ways we judge books. Subscribe to our River-herd newsletter for sneak peeks of our upcoming books, free giveaways, and exclusive content. https://sites.prh.com/riverhead-reader-newsletter

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Books Assigned in School: Books assigned in school evoke strong feelings. You either love em’ or you hate em.’ In this episode, Marlon and Jake discuss the books they wished they were assigned in school and the ones they suffered through. Accompanying the books taught in school, there are, of course, the teachers who taught them. A teacher can make or break a book read in school. As a literature teacher (as well as Booker prize winning author), Marlon acknowledges there are some novels assigned in school that you have to work to understand that are really good, but sometimes those novels are not good and if it weren’t for being assigned in school, we wouldn’t still be reading it.

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ViW55 When Books Become Movies: From East of Eden to Mordor