
How to Eat an Elephant: A Little Book Club for Large Books
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Les Misérables: Book 4, Chapters 5-6
How to Eat an Elephant: A Little Book Club for Large Books
03/15/23 • 38 min

Les Misérables: Book 1, Chapter 2
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10/06/22 • 53 min

War and Peace: 4.1.11-16
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01/26/22 • 47 min

Bonus Episode: The Death of Ivan Ilych
How to Eat an Elephant: A Little Book Club for Large Books
05/11/22 • 71 min

War and Peace: 4.4.1-5
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04/06/22 • 42 min

East of Eden: Chapters 19-21
How to Eat an Elephant: A Little Book Club for Large Books
04/10/25 • 40 min
Have we finally figured out Cathy's character motivation? This week the HEE team follows our villain where angels fear to tread, comparing and contrasting her to Samuel Hamilton along the way.
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East of Eden: Chapters 22-24
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04/24/25 • 72 min
Today's episode is a big one! In our reading this week we're finally introduced to "timshel." The HEE crew wrestles with the term's significance and the power of naming.
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East of Eden: Chapters 1-3
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02/13/25 • 49 min
Surprise! How to Eat an Elephant is FINALLY back for our season on John Steinbeck's East of Eden.
We kick off our conversation of the first three chapters by discussing the biblical overtones of the novel. We consider themes of genesis as they may come to apply to artistic creation, westward expansion in America, and individual human lives.
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East of Eden: Chapters 16-18
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04/05/25 • 45 min
It's ladies' day at HEE! (Gentlemen listeners can still tune in..) Emily and Megan forge ahead with a conversation that touches on Samuel Hamilton's intuitive insight into Cathy, overcoming first impressions of Liza, and what in the world lies ahead for Adam and his newborn twins.
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East of Eden: Chapters 13-15
How to Eat an Elephant: A Little Book Club for Large Books
04/01/25 • 49 min
This week Ian, Emily, and Megan discuss Steinbeck's ideas about individualism. He wants to protect the rights of the individual over the collective at all costs, but what do we do about the "rugged individualism" of characters like Cathy? We also laugh about Olive's chapter and explore water imagery in the novel thus far.
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The episode title 'Les Misérables: Book 4, Chapters 3-4' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on How to Eat an Elephant: A Little Book Club for Large Books is 44 minutes.
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The first episode of How to Eat an Elephant: A Little Book Club for Large Books was released on Jul 22, 2020.
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