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S2E13Ash and Adam discuss the colourful life of Arthur Conan Doyle, on the 160th anniversary of his birth. A life too full of adventure to be briefly described, but we had a go anyway. Tune in for stories of WWI, cocaine, Houdini, ghosts, crocodile hunting and a little bit of writing too.

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Music: "Not Drunk" by the Joy Drops

S2E12The Golden Assis the only surviving complete Latin novel from the Classical period. Also known asThe Metamorphoses, it straddles more than one running theme on Ear Read This, as well as being filthy, funny and full of history. Grab your toga and get your ass over here. Time for a Roman literary feast.

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"Temple of the Manes" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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S2E11 In the second part of this week'sPickwickbonanza, Stephen Jarvis joins us again to tell us about his first novel,Death and Mr. Pickwick.

Discover the true story behind the origin of Mr. Pickwick and the real life story ofPickwick'sfirst illustrator, Robert Seymour.

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S2E10 This week, Ash and Adam are joined by Stephen Jarvis (author ofDeath and Mr. Pickwick) to discussThe PickwickPapers,the first novel by Charles Dickens.

As well as exploring its unique publication history, they also cover the astonishing popularity of the novel, how Dickens transformed as a writer during its serial run and ask why most books are just books, but notPickwick...

And if, like the worlds reading population for a century, you can’t get enoughPickwick -we’ll be joined on Monday again by Stephen Jarvis to discuss his own novel, which tells the life story ofThe Pickwick Papers’illustrator, Robert Seymour - and makes the case that it was he, not Dickens, who had the first idea for the novel.

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S2E9 When Gregor Samsa awoke on morning from troubled dreams, he found himself changed into a... What? In today's episode, Ash investigates the cause of thisMetamorphosis. The punishment of a young man living dully sluggardized at home? Or something else?

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"Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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S2E8 A trip to Cornwall with Richard Woof, a Booker bid, a Shakespeare character rap battle, a personal poem and some Amazon review quiz type stuff.

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S2E7 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seais one of Jules Verne'sVoyages Extraordinaires, originally published serially in the mid 19th Century. Join Ash and Adam as they swap touring the Hebrides for touring the open sea, and encountering electric narwhals, anemone marmalade, the prince of harpooners and underwater fundamentalists.

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S2E6 Join Adam and Ash as they scholarly examine the history of the Bad Sex in Writing award, which has been run by the Literary Review for several decades. Even by our standards, the language is pretty foul.

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S2E5 Romeo and Juliet is arguably Shakespeare's most recognisable play. Today on Ear Read This, Ash discusses how the play deals with its fame, whether or not the lovers are damned, and what commentary Shakespeare is providing on his own developing language.

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S2E4 Round II of the Goodreads League, a report from Birmingham courtesy of Richard Woof, a Burns Night quiz, a trilogy of haikus that are NOT personal, Ash shares his view of modern Scotland from an immigrant's perspective and a NSFW trailer for James Patterson's Haunted.

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Music: "Not Drunk" by the Joy Drops, "Hot Pursuit" by Kevin MacLeod.