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Book Reports

Sean Gilbertson

Are classic books actually good? I read classic literature for the first time and react to it as I go so that we can find out together. Join me and be edified, entertained, and likely confused as we make our way through these 'classics' together.

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Ep05: The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde: Chapter 01

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01/27/20 • 28 min

We start our first full-length book! Come with me as we decipher Victorian social mores as they relate to kid-stomping!

Ep04: Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, and book announcement!

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01/20/20 • 44 min

Book Reports will be reading a full-length book starting next episode! Listen to find out which book was chosen!

In this episode I read to you Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel, both as written by the Grimm brothers. We'll say farewell to the brothers for now (perhaps to return at another time), but I wanted to do so with a bang!

How do Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel compare to the stories we know today? Traumatically, probably! Let's find out together.

Here's where to find the texts I read:

Cinderella: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11027/11027-h/11027-h.htm#cinderella
Hansel and Gretel: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2591/2591-h/2591-h.htm#link2H_4_0020

Ep03: Grimm's Fairy Tales: Jorinda and Jorindel

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01/13/20 • 24 min

Is it genius or madness to name two main characters nearly identically? Maybe the 'fairy' in our story was driven mad by this very question.

Ep02: Grimm's Fairy Tales: Hans in Luck

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01/09/20 • 31 min

In this episode we find out the Grimm brothers aren't even actually named Grimm! What other mendacity waits betwixt the words of our latest tale?

Ep01: Grimm's Fairy Tales: The Golden Bird

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01/09/20 • 28 min

In this inaugural episode, I read from Grimm's Fairy Tales for you. Will the story end up being the timeless yarn we may all assume it to be? Or will it kinda be bulls***? We'll find out, together!

Ep12: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: FINAL CHAPTER

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03/09/20 • 58 min

The biggest twist of this book is that it ENDS THIS WEEK. In my quest to be totally ignorant of literature, I retained my integrity in the glory of realizing this dang thing is at an end!

Robert Louis Stevenson saved his finest and most reflective prose for this final, action-free chapter. A bold choice.

Ep09: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Chapter 09

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03/02/20 • 30 min

Have you ever read a book where the climax happens with over a third of the story remaining? *I have*! And now you can too if you listen to this episode! Listen in horror as you find out that someone named their child HASTIE LANYON.

Ep09: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Chapters 07 and 08

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02/24/20 • 47 min

A butler equips an axe! An extremely flusterable lawyer equips a fireplace poker incorrectly! They both go crashing through a door! What do they find? An extra ~long~, exciting, and hysterical 47.5-minute episode of Book Reports!

Come read-listen to chapters 7 and 8 with me!

Ep08: The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde: Chapters 05 and 06

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02/17/20 • 34 min

Recursive letters! Slanted sentences! A mysterious new friend that's obsessed with handwriting! How does this all fit in with a breakneck cycle of reclusion and dinner parties? And why is Mr. Utterson in charge of ignoring a murder inquiry?

Ep07: The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde: Chapters 03 and 04

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02/10/20 • 37 min

Something actually happens in Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde this week! And we finally meet some colorful characters.

It'd be MURDER if you missed this episode. (That's a hint; someone gets murdered in the story this week.)

Join me for a special two-chapter episode of Book Reports!

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