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How To Love Lit Podcast

252 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 86 ratings

A look at all of the literature you read in high school and college and wished you had paid more attention to.

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Agatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Episode 1 - Meet The Author That Made The Whodunit What It Is Today!

March 12, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutes - 41.3 MB

Agatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Episode 1 - Meet The Author That Made The Whodunit What It Is Today!   I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  For the next two episodes, we are going to discuss an author who for me flies under the radar when we think of literary icons.  When you look at the lists of the world’s greatest writers and/or novels, sh...

Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address - The Great Task Remaining Before Us.

March 05, 2022 06:00 - 39 minutes - 31.6 MB

Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address - The Great Task Remaining Before Us.   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to. Love Lit Podcast.  This episode we will focus on one more American document very much connected to the Letter from Birmingham jail, but in a very special way.  This document is memorized every year by students all across the United States. It’s a two minute,...

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 5 - Homer And Penelope Reunited!

February 05, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 32.8 MB

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 5 - Home And Penelope Reunited!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  Today we conclude our discussion over the Odyssey, the timeless 24 books that introduced us to so many monsters and legends, but, of course, it goes without saying, we’ve just scratched the surface in understanding how all of this has influenced our world....

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 4 - The Importance Of ”Oikos” And Why Odysseus Pursues It!

January 29, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 34.8 MB

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 4 - The Importance Of "Oikos" And Why Odysseus Pursues It!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.      And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode in our discussion of this influential classic, however else you might like to call it.  In the first episode we started our discussion introducing just a few of the issues surrounding Homer, the poet h...

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 3 - Odysseus And The Cyclops Don’t See Eye To Eye!

January 22, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 33.4 MB

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 3 - Odysseus And The Cyclops Don't See Eye To Eye!   I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.      And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our third episode covering Homer’s Odyssey, and Christy, are we finally getting to Odysseus this week?     Yes- We finally meet our title character- it was an odyssey. Pun pun-     Oh my- here we go….    I know, and we get t...

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 2 - Telemachus Begins The Journey To Manhood And Finding Odysseus!

January 15, 2022 06:00 - 45 minutes - 36.3 MB

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 2 - Telemachus Begins The Journey To Manhood And Finding Odysseus!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re her to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to love lit podcast.  Today is our second episode covering the first and perhaps foremost author in what is often described as the Western Canon- Homer and his famous epic, The Odyssey.  Last week, we discussed a little of the historical conte...

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 1 - Greek Gods, Greek Heroes And One of The Oldest Epic Poems Of All Time!

January 08, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 44.5 MB

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 1 - Greek Gods, Greek Heroes And One of The Oldest Epic Poems Of All Time!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This week we embark on a seafaring adventure across the seas and through time to the ancient world of the Greeks to meet  someone who some have said is the greatest poet to have ever lived- Homer- and his second e...

Rebroadcast of Robert Burns - Author of Auld Lang Syne! - His Most Famous Poem - ”To A Mouse”

January 01, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MB

History and analysis of Robert Burns poem "To A Mouse". The poem that inspired Steinbeck's book title "Of Mice And Men". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clement C. Moore -‘Twas The Night Before Christmas - Christmas Special!

December 24, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 23.2 MB

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O. Henry - The Gift Of The Magi - Christmas Special!

December 23, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 30.5 MB

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Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass - The Moving Elegies For Abraham Lincoln

November 27, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 33.7 MB

I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.  And I am Garry Shriver.  This is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode discussing the bard of democracy, the great Walt Whitman.  Today we will feature one of his four poems honoring President Abraham Lincoln, but in order to understand why Whitman and many of us admire this great man, we want to revisit the  original 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass and listen to some of W...

Walt Whitman - Leaves Of Grass - The Poetry Of Young America!

November 20, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 33.6 MB

Walt Whitman - Leaves Of Grass - The Poetry Of Young America!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This episode and next, we tackle one of the most intimidating poets in the American Canon- Walt Whitman.  He is the generally accepted and almost uncontested greatest contribution America has made to the great canon of World Literature- the ones comprised of t...

Shirley Jackson - The Lottery - Her Most Famous Short Story!

November 13, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 38 MB

Shirley Jackson - The Lottery - Her Most Famous Short Story!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love Lit Podcast.  Today we are finishing up our series on Shirley Jackson.  Last week we concluded our discussion of her most famous book, the one that inspired the Netflix series by the same name The Haunting of Hill House.  Today we are going to read the short story that ...

Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House - Episode 3 - The Creepy, Psychotic, Paranormal Conclusion!

November 06, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 38.2 MB

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Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House - Episode 2 - Is Hill House Haunted Or Not?!

October 30, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MB

Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House - Episode 2 - Is Hill House Haunted Or Not?!   I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.     Read the first paragraph of chapter 2.    That is the first paragraph of chapter 2 of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.  This is episode 2 as we explore this haunted space- and Christy, haunted it is.  Last week...

Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House - Episode 1 - Meet The Author And The Personal Issues That Created One Of The Best Horror Genre Books Of All Time!

October 23, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MB

Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House - Episode 1 - MeetThe Author And The Personal Issues That Created One Of The Best Horror Genre Books Of All Time!   `Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  If you are listening to this in real time, we are well into the month of October and in the United States, the month of October means Halloween.  Halloween, a...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnets Of The Portuguese - Plus A Great Love Story!

October 16, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes - 40.1 MB

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnets Of The Portuguese - Plus A Great Love Story!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our second week in a two part series discussing one of English Language literature’s most romantic couples- the poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.  Last week, we introduced Robert Browning and his notable dramatic mo...

Robert Browning - The Last Duchess - Poetry Supplement

October 09, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 38 MB

Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I am Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This week and next we will have two poetry supplements.  After talking about one of the worst romances in literature- we will switch to one of literature’s greatest love stories- the romance of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning- although you would never guess it after reading the poem we are doing today- My Last Duc...

A Dolls House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 3 - The End Of The Play That Shocked The World!

October 02, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 38.4 MB

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A Dolls House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 2 - Is It Or Is It Not A Feminist Play?

September 25, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 37 MB

A Dolls House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 2 - Is It Or Is It Not A Feminist Play?   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is episode two in our three part series over Ibsen’s explosive play A Doll’s House.  Last week, we looked briefly at the life of Ibsen, his early origins in Norway, the beginning of his career all the way to this play- the one that launch...

A Doll‘s House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 1 - Norway At Its Literary Best!

September 18, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 36.2 MB

A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 1 - Norway At It's Literary Best!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  Today we begin our series on Henrik Ibsen and his great play- A Doll’s House.  Ibsen was born in Norway, a country that shines a bright light on our view of the world more than most of us realize because it’s such a small place geographically.  . ...

A Doll‘s House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 1 - Norway At It‘s Literary Best!

September 18, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 36.2 MB

A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 1 - Norway At It's Literary Best!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  Today we begin our series on Henrik Ibsen and his great play- A Doll’s House.  Ibsen was born in Norway, a country that shines a bright light on our view of the world more than most of us realize because it’s such a small place geographically.  . ...

Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare - Episode 5 - The Worst Way To End A Story...And Become A Classic!

September 12, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 34.2 MB

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Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare - Episode 4 - The Power Of Impulse And Really Bad Ideas!

September 11, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 31.2 MB

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Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare - Episode 3 - From Comedy To Tragedy!

September 06, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 38 MB

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Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare - Episode 2 -The Most Iconic Lines In All Of Literature!

September 05, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 29.8 MB

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Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare - Episode 1 - Meet The Author And The Play!

September 04, 2021 05:00 - 52 minutes - 41.7 MB

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Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 4 - The Clash Of Cultures Ends Tragically

August 14, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 39.1 MB

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 4 - The Clash Of Cultures Ends Tragically   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our fourth and final episode discussing Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart. In episode one we discussed the country of Nigeria, the history, the cultural context, Achebe’s life, the poem from which the book g...

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 3 - Religion, Gender Issues, The Importance Of Balance And Chapter 13 - The Heart Of The Book!

August 07, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 36.9 MB

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 3 - Religion, Gender Issues, The Importance Of Balance And Chapter 13 - The Heart Of The Book!   I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our third episode in our four part series on Chinua Achebe’s stunningly complex little novel, Things Fall Apart.  In episode one, we looked at Nigeria the country itself, the hist...

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 2 - The Clash Of Cultures, Foreshadowing, Irony And Rage!

July 31, 2021 05:00 - 56 minutes - 45.3 MB

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 2 - The Clash Of Cultures, Foreshadowing, Irony And Rage!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.     I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our second episode in our four part series discussing the great Nigerian work Things Fall Apart and its author, Chinua Achebe.  Last week, we looked at the historical context of Nigerian history- pre-colonial up...

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 1 - Meet Nigeria's Most Famous Author , Teacher and Philosopher!

July 24, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 34.5 MB

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 1 - Meet Nigeria's Most Famous Author , Teacher and Philosopher!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  I am very excited this series on Nigerian author Chinua Achebe and his first groundbreaking book- Things Fall Apart first published in 1958.  There are not many books that have had the kind of positive worldw...

Hawaii - Myths - Legends - Kings - Queens - History - All The Stuff Tolkien Loved!

July 17, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 31.2 MB

Hawaii - Myths - Legends - Kings - Queens - History - All The Stuff Tolkien Loved!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit podcast.  This week we are going in a totally different direction – literally and figuratively- doing something we’ve never done before.  Inspired by Tolkien’s love of mythology and genealogy, his fondness for names and the combination of all these ...

Our First Interview! - Jack Baumann of Guidester.com Takes Us Through The Sights And Sounds Of Britain That Inspired Tolkien's Work!

July 10, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 36.4 MB

Our First Interview! - Jack Baumann of Guidester.com Takes Us Through The Sights And Sounds Of Britain That Inspired Tolkien's Work!   guidester.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien - Episode1 - Meet The Writer That Created The Fantasy Genre!

June 12, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 37.7 MB

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien - Episode1 - Meet The Writer That Created The Fantasy Genre!      Hi, I’m Christy Shriver- and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This week we begin our adventure into the life and work of one of the greatest fantasy writers of all time- J.R.R Tolkien, the creator of The HOBBIT, the book we are going to read, but also the author of The Lord of the Rings and t...

T.S. Eliot - The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock - Poetry Supplement - Episode2

June 05, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 36.4 MB

T.S. Eliot - The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock - Poetry Supplement - Episode 2 Hi, This is Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is week two in our discussion of the trans-Atlantic icon, Thomas Stearns Eliot or as he’s widely referred to, TS Eliot.  As we mentioned last week, TS Eliot was the recipient of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature.  When the Swedish A...

T.S. Eliot - The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock - Poetry Supplement - Episode 1

May 29, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 33.2 MB

T.S. Eliot - The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock - Poetry Supplement - Episode 1   I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This week’s poetry supplement comes after my favorite series to date- our series on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby- what a tour de force as we talked nihilism, symbolism, murder, jazz, gangsters, wealth and ironically- no love story- wh...

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 4 - The End Of All Kinds Of Dreams!

May 22, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 39.3 MB

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 4 - TheEnd Of All Kinds Of Dreams!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our fourth and final episode on this little book of constant surprises.  We have talked about turns of phrases, irony, the colors, more irony, motifs of the eyes, water and baptism, dust, cars, references to time- and did I ment...

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 3 - Find Out Why Chapter 5 Is Fitzgerald's Favorite Chapter!

May 15, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 34.2 MB

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 3 - Find Out Why Chapter 5 Is Fitzgerald's Favorite Chapter! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love lit podcast.  This is our third episode featuring what some people consider to be THE Great American Novel, and after two weeks of symbolism and irony and politics and layers and layers of imagery and meaning, I am starting ...

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 2 - Colors, Symbolism And Irony!

May 08, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 37.8 MB

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The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald - Espisode 1 - Meet The Author Of The Most Iconic American Piece Of Literature!

May 01, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 41.4 MB

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 1 - Meet The Author Of One Of The Most Iconic Books Ever!

The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 1 - Meet The Author Of The Most Iconic American Piece Of Literature!

May 01, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 41.4 MB

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Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #4 - The End Of All Things And The Beginning

April 27, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MB

Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #4 - The End Of All Things And The Beginning   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we are here to .  We are here to look at books that have changed the world and can even change us.   I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we conclude one of the most important memoirs to be written in the 20th century- Elie Wiesel’s short narrative, Night.  In our first episode, we focused on Wiesel’s life and career, after the holocaust, as a survivor.  In...

Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #3 - Auschwitz, Birkenau and Buna.

April 26, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #3 - Auschwitz, Birkenau and Buna.   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver.  We are here to look at books that have changed the world and can even change us.   And I’m Garry Shriver; this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our third episode featuring the great Dr. Elie Wiesel and his holocaust memoir Night. In episode one, we discussed Wiesel’s life story spanning the many years of his life before but then after the holocaust. We highlighted the impact this man has ...

Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #2 - Irony And The Journey To The Camps

April 25, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #2 - Irony And The Journey To The Camps   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver.   I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This month, we are learning from one of planet earth’s greatest advocates for peace, the holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.  Last week, we spent the entire episode discussing his life and really his calling which is a bit unusual for us.  Because, even though we always discuss historical context of any author and piece of literature,...

Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #1 - Meet the Nobel Prize winning author

April 24, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB

Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #1 - Meet the Nobel Prize winning author   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver.   And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit podcast.  Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy our discussions of the Western World’s most amazing pieces of literature.   Today, we begin by discussing one of the most inspiring humans of the twentieth century-  among his many other accomplishments, which we’ll talk about today, he produced 57 works, including what is arguably t...

William Blake - The Chimney Sweeper - Songs Of Innocence - Songs Of Experience

April 17, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MB

William Blake - The Chimney Sweeper - Songs Of Innocence - Songs Of Experience   Hi. I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This week, we’re not discussing books per se- we’re discussing engravings- some of the most famous I know from Songs of Innocence and Experience created by the engraver, poet, artist and likely even musician, William Blake and two works by the sam...

Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 4- All Is Well That Ends Well - The Conclusion

April 10, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MB

Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 4- All Is Well That Ends Well - The Conclusion   HI, I’m Christy Shriver.  We discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.   I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our concluding episode to Jane Austen’s masterpiece, Emma.  And what a fun series it has been.  There have been no deaths, well, unless you count Mrs. Churchill but she was generally ungrieved.  There’s no generational abuse, no hysteria, no ghosts or ...

Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 3 - The Strategies Of Romantic Intrigue Go Awry!

April 03, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes - 43.8 MB

Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 3 - The Strategies Of Romantic Intrigue Go Awry!   Emma- Episode 3   I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.  This is our 100th episode.  Woohoo.  It’s hard to believe- but it’s true!  We’ve been doing this for 100 weeks- almost two years. We’d love to hear from you via any social media you use.  We’ve certainly enjoyed bringing our best analysis of some of the world’s greatest lit.  If you’d like t...

Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 2 - Let The Match Making And Mayhem Begin!

March 27, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes - 40.8 MB

Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 2 - Let The Match Making And Mayhem Begin!   Episode 2   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.   I’m Garry Shriver and This is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our second episode discussing Jane Austen’s Masterpiece, Emma, and per our usual style, we barely got into the story itself last week.  We talked a little about Austen, although I know we’re going to do a little more of that next...

Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 1- Meet The All Time Favorite Author Of The Regency Period And Modern Times

March 22, 2021 00:29 - 45 minutes - 36.3 MB

Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 1- Meet The All Time Favorite Author Of The Regency Period And Modern Times   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss the books that have changed the world and have changed us.   I’m Garry Shriver and this is the how to love lit podcast. Today we begin our series that tackles arguably the most popular writer in the English language- Jane Austen.  One significant critic, Brigid Brophy described Austen as “the greatest novelist of all time!”  Wow!  I’...