32m ·
Published
20 Oct 07:00
The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission to an off-planet world, Rakhat, and the risky and courageous attempt to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
36m ·
Published
06 Oct 07:00
Advise and Consent is the dramatic 1959 political fiction novel that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell, whose promotion is endangered due to growing evidence that the nominee was a member of the Communist Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
44m ·
Published
22 Sep 07:00
The story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the “Father of Science Fiction.” The Time Machine sends a brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes… and our darkest fears. The discovery of two bizarre races, the Eloi and the Morlocks, offer a dystopian warning and / or a portrait of hope for the future of humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
40m ·
Published
08 Sep 07:00
Ray Bradbury’s famed novel is set in a dystopian society that burns books in order to control dangerous ideas and unhappy concepts. The novel tells the story of Guy Montag, a fireman who questions the book-burning policy and undergoes extraordinary suffering and transformation as a result. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4m ·
Published
30 Jun 07:00
Another epic outtake reel featuring Host, Frank Lavallo, and Readers, Elizabeth Flood, Phil Setnik, Peter Toomey & Katie Smith as they blunder and fumble during the making of Novel Conversations Season 6. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
33m ·
Published
16 Jun 09:00
The original story of Cupid and Psyche, told in the 2nd century AD, was believed by Lewis to be illogical and problematic. As a result, he developed a new story from a new main character’s point of view: Orual. She is the older sister to Psyche. Together, they grapple with Gods over spiritual disputes and bitter inner turmoil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
37m ·
Published
02 Jun 09:00
Mrs. Dalloway covers one day from morning to night in one woman’s life. Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class housewife, walks through her London neighborhood to prepare for the party she will host that evening. The celebrated classic looks at Virginia Woolf’s multitude of characters, from love interests, to party-goers, friends and philosophers, and explores the inter-war social structure of the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
35m ·
Published
19 May 09:00
Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and the demands of a rancher's life. This four part novella centers around the special connection he will forge with his hot-tempered pony and discovering the life lessons he must learn about the ways of nature and, particularly, the ways of man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30m ·
Published
05 May 05:30
Thomas Hardy's last finished novel, Jude the Obscure, tells the story of Jude Fawley, a working-class man who dreams of becoming a scholar, and of his doomed relationships with the seductive Arabella Donn and the true love of his life, Sue Bridehead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
35m ·
Published
21 Apr 05:00
Set in 17th century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne who conceives a daughter through an affair and then attempts to create a new life of dignity. Hester, her estranged lover, and the town itself, all struggle with morality, sin and guilt during a strict religious time period in American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices