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On the Road with Penguin Classics

On the Road with Penguin Classics

22 Episodes • By Henry Eliot • www.penguin.co.uk/podcasts.html...
On the Road with Penguin Classics is a podcast that takes a stroll around the world's favourite books. In each episode, author and editor Henry Eliot travels to a different literary location to explore a brilliant book in the company of a remarkable reader. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...more
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Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists
In this bonus episode, Henry introduces Eliot's Book... more
Dec 1 2022 21m
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The Pilgrim’s Progress with Rachel Joyce
John Bunyan in Bedfordshire. The novelist Rachel Joy... more
Nov 3 2022 1h 7m
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Season of Migration to the North with Leila Aboulela
Tayeb Salih in London. The novelist Leila Aboulela m... more
Oct 27 2022 1h 12m
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The Book of Disquiet with Richard Zenith
Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon. The translator and biogra... more
Oct 20 2022 1h 8m
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Maurice with Diarmuid Hester
E. M. Forster in Cambridge. The cultural historian D... more
Oct 13 2022 1h 10m
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The Hearing Trumpet with Joanna Moorhead
Leonora Carrington in the Ardèche. The journalist an... more
Oct 6 2022 1h 14m
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater with Will Self
Thomas de Quincey & William S. Burroughs in Soho... more
Sep 29 2022 1h 15m
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Season 3 Trailer
On the Road with Penguin Classics is the literary po... more
Sep 15 2022 1m
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with Chris Riddell
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Mar 3 2022 1h 8m
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie with Alan Taylor
Muriel Spark in Edinburgh. The journalist Alan ... more
Feb 24 2022 1h 8m
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Keats's poetry with Andrew Motion
John Keats in Hampstead. The poet and biographer&nbs... more
Feb 17 2022 1h 5m
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The Blazing World with Michael Bravo
Margaret Cavendish beyond the North Pole. The polar ... more
Feb 9 2022 1h 1m
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Ulysses with Anne Fogarty
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Feb 2 2022 1h 14m
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Nineteen Eighty-Four with Robert Icke
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Jan 27 2022 58m
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Season 2 Trailer
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Jan 13 2022 1m
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The Mill on the Floss with Louis de Bernières
George Eliot in Nuneaton. The novelist Louis de Bern... more
Mar 4 2021 1h
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The Lonely Londoners with Susheila Nasta
Sam Selvon in Bayswater. The author and editor Sushe... more
Feb 25 2021 1h 9m
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Tristram Shandy with Frank Cottrell Boyce
Laurence Sterne in Coxwold. The screenwriter and chi... more
Feb 18 2021 1h 4m
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Mrs Dalloway with Alexandra Harris
Virginia Woolf in Westminster. The biographer Alexan... more
Feb 11 2021 1h 1m
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The Canterbury Tales with Patience Agbabi
Geoffrey Chaucer in Kent. The poet and performer Pat... more
Feb 4 2021 1h 7m
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The Woman in White with Olivia Vinall
Wilkie Collins in Cumbria. The actress Olivia Vinall... more
Jan 28 2021 50m
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Jan 14 2021 1m
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