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  • Ep. 23: That’s Classic: Listening to the Literary Canon

  • Written by: The Audible Editors
  • Aug 23 2019
  • Length: 51 mins
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Ep. 23: That’s Classic: Listening to the Literary Canon

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  • Just the word "Classics" can be loaded: with anxiety, obligation, and bewilderment. Here, our Editors demystify what makes a classic (particularly for the listening experience), and what can make it feel like fun instead of homework.

    The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

    The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

    Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

    Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

    The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene

    Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

    The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

    Ulysses by James Joyce

    The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

    Persuasion by Jane Austen

    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

    Emma by Jane Austen

    Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

    Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

    The Shining by Stephen King

    The Stand by Stephen King

    Carrie by Stephen King

    One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

    Beloved by Toni Morrison

    Comedy Sex God by Pete Holmes

    Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino

    Second Hand Curses by Drew Hayes

    Proof of Love by Chisa Hutchinson

    Moby Dick by Herman Melville

    War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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