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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 34 MIN

Classics with a Twist: Sally Rooney, Ella Risbridger and the 900 Versions of Pride & Prejudice

from STACK with Jake and Ella · host STACK Books/W!ZARD Studios

We tried to put together an episode on Classics but Jake only likes the popular ones and Ella doesn't like any of them... Instead, presenting our own take on the late, the great, and the classics we hate.  Plus, Ella has never read a Sally Rooney book. The books featured in this week's STACK: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver In Love With Love by Ella Risbridger Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld Intermezzo by Sally Rooney James by Percival Everett Catherine by Essie Fox Ella recommended this episode of the Shameless podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/50OXBpqrmONxw17gI0VlsR?si=svPd51krQZqc3E1T0jBnvQ  Jake gave a shout out to the Boys Book Club: https://www.instagram.com/boys.book.club?igsh=MXRscXM2a2h0NjN1eQ==  STACK with Jake and Ella is a books podcast helping you cut through the noise to fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Please follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube. Do comment and share and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review - it’s massively helpful.  We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section - you can literally ask us anything! STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We tried to put together an episode on Classics but Jake only likes the popular ones and Ella doesn't like any of them... Instead, presenting our own take on the late, the great, and the classics we hate.  Plus, Ella has never read a Sally Rooney book. The books featured in this week's STACK: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver In Love With Love by Ella Risbridger Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld Intermezzo by Sally Rooney James by Percival Everett Catherine by Essie Fox Ella recommended this episode of the Shameless podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/50OXBpqrmONxw17gI0VlsR?si=svPd51krQZqc3E1T0jBnvQ  Jake gave a shout out to the Boys Book Club: https://www.instagram.com/boys.book.club?igsh=MXRscXM2a2h0NjN1eQ==  STACK with Jake and Ella is a books podcast helping you cut through the noise to fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Please follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube. Do comment and share and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review - it’s massively helpful.  We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section - you can literally ask us anything! STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode was published on February 24, 2026.

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We tried to put together an episode on Classics but Jake only likes the popular ones and Ella doesn't like any of them... Instead, presenting our own take on the late, the great, and the classics we hate.  Plus, Ella has never read a Sally Rooney...

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