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02 – First Period: Chapter II

An episode of the The Moonstone podcast titled "02 – First Period: Chapter II" was published on October 24, 2016 and runs 11 minutes.

October 24, 2016 ·11m · The Moonstone

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Moonstone, The by Wilkie Collins (1824 - 1889) LibriVox The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday.The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre: a large number of suspects, red herrings, a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'local bungler' and the skilled, professional, Scotland Yard detective. (Summary from Wikipedia) Lifted Veil (Version 2), The by George Eliot (1819 - 1880) LibriVox George Eliot’s 1859 novella, The Lifted Veil, departs radically from the grounded realism of her longer and better known works, such as Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda. Its tone calls to mind the works of middlebrow Sensationists, like Wilkie Collins (The Moonstone), and of some of the better known authors of Victorian era horror writings, such as Bram Stoker (Dracula) and Mary Shelley (Frankenstein).Eliot here explores mystical themes, considering the world of phenomena which are felt but not seen. Yet in doing so she suggests that the apparent clairvoyance of her main character, Latimer, may in fact be, at least in part, psychological expressions of his early life experiences. This view is supported by the fact that most of Latimer’s vision-based predictions of how people will behave and events unfold do not, in the end, turn out as he had foretold.Much of this work’s power and complexity lie in Latimer’s relationship with Bertha, whom he ultimately, unhappily, Song of the Lark, The by Willa Cather (1873 - 1947) LibriVox Set in the 1890s in Moonstone, a fictional place supposedly located in Colorado, The Song of the Lark is the self-portrait of an artist in the making. The story revolves around an ambitious young heroine, Thea Kronborg, who leaves her hometown to go to the big city to fulfill her dream of becoming a famous opera star.The novel captures Thea's independent-mindedness, her strong work ethic, and her ascent to her highest achievement. At each step along the way, her realization of the mediocrity of her peers propels her to greater levels of accomplishment, but in the course of her ascent she must discard those relationships which no longer serve her. (Summary by Wikipedia) The Moonshine Throwdown Podcast Moonshine Throwdown Podcast The Moonshine Throwdown Podcast is the official podcast of the Moonshine Throwdown...The college rivalry between The Marshall University Thundering Herd and The Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers. Hosts KD, Moff, & Trace bring you all of the stats, info, & analysis that you need each week. You can join in to all of the Sports, Shine, & Smack talk on twitter by following @MoonshineTD. Download, Subscribe, & Share.If you're a Shiner, then The Moonshine Throwdown Podcast is the only podcast you need. Go Herd! Go Tops!
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