Podcasts about custom of the country

In today's recap episode, we discuss Book One of The Custom of the Country (that's chapters 1-10 if your book is not divided into books). This episode includes detailed discussion of the plot and characters introduced in this first section of the novel, so spoilers abound. We discuss our initial impressions of the unforgettable character that is Undine Spragg, how well this book would translate to the screen, a close read of a mythology reference, and what we've learned about parenting from this portion of the novel because we desperately want to avoid raising Undines! Some more background on this episode: twice a year, we choose a big bucket list classic to read together as a community. For every book we read, we dust off our English teacher skills to break down plot, themes, style, and more in recurring recap podcast episodes. We have our Big Book Summer Read Along of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables on the horizon and we'd love for you to join us! We do know that it can be hard to sign up for a subscription community if you don't know what you're getting so we wanted to give you a taste for what we do in our Patreon Classics Club by putting two of our recent recap episodes here on the main feed. Over the winter months, we read Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country and we think it would make for a great summer read if you haven't read it yet.  If you love these two episodes, head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/novelpairings. Enrolling at the $10 Literature Scholar level will get you access to the rest of our Custom of the Country recap series, the corresponding classes, our entire Odyssey recap series from last summer, and all of our previous bonus episodes and class recordings. Plus, you'll get access to our current summer recap series of Les Misérables. Books Mentioned: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Eloise at The Plaza by Kay Thompson Also Mentioned: Gossip Girl  

Today's episode is a special one! Twice a year, we choose a big bucket list classic to read together as a community. For every big book we read, Chelsey and Sara dust off their English teacher skills to break down plot, themes, style, and more in recurring recap podcast episodes. We have our Big Book Summer Read Along of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables on the horizon and we'd love for you to join us! We do know that it can be hard to sign up for a subscription community if you don't know what you're getting so we wanted to give you a taste for what we do in our Patreon Classics Club by putting two of our recent recap episodes here on the main feed. Over the winter months, we read Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country and we think it would make for a great summer read if you haven't read it yet.  If you love these two episodes, head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/novelpairings. Enrolling at the $10 Literature Scholar level will get you access to the rest of our Custom of the Country recap series, the corresponding classes, our entire Odyssey recap series from last summer, and all of our previous bonus episodes and class recordings. Plus, you'll get access to our current summer recap series of Les Misérables. In today's first recap episode, we discuss the introduction materials from the Penguin Classics (Sofia Coppola & Sarah Blackwood) and Scribner (Brandon Taylor) versions of the text. You do not need to read the intros in order to listen to this episode. Future recaps will include plot spoilers, of course, but this introduction episode is completely spoiler-free! We discuss initial impressions of the introductions, lenses and questions for guided reading, literary relevance and contemporary comparisons, and three big things to look for as you read. Books Mentioned: The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Also Mentioned: The Buccaneers Bridgerton The Gilded Age Downton Abbey  

In today's episode, we're wrapping up Wharton in Winter with a conversation about The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton. We focus on Undine and question whether she's a signature unlikable heroine or an anti-hero. Our conversation also digs into the other dynamic characters, themes of motherhood, greed, marriage, business, and Edith's incredible writing. Every plot point builds to a bigger narrative in this timely classic. At the end of the episode, we share our complementary pairings , and we hope you add one to your TBR pile!    If you loved our extra nerdy discussion on the podcast today, we have even more content to enjoy over in our Novel Pairings Patreon community. Our Patreon is a great space to take part in public scholarship and talk about books with a smart, eclectic group of readers. Subscriptions start at just $5 a month, and yearly discounts are available. To learn more about our Patreon, visit patreon.com/novelpairings.   Shows Mentioned: Mad Men Breaking Bad Selling Sunset Downton Abbey   Books Mentioned: Italo Calvino Vanity Fair by William Thackeray The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald  Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset Emma by Jane Austen Free Food For Millionares by Min Jun Lee  These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz One Woman Show by Christine Coulson Wahala by Nikki May Trust by Hernan Diaz

The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton audiobook. Edith Wharton was a novelist of manners of late 19th Century New York 'Society', who spent much of her life in France. In this novel she tells the story of Undine Sprague, the thrice- (or more) married, upwardly mobile beauty from 'Apex City', transplanted to New York, and finally to France, leaving the dead and wounded in the wake of her 'experiments in happiness'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Join Nina, Daniel, Fabrice, and Rob us as we discuss Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of American ambition, The Custom of the Country.

The Custom of the Country (1913) is a scathing critique of American upward mobility, as told through the journey of overindulged Undine Spragg...Uitgegeven door SAGA EgmontSpreker(s): Elizabeth Klett

Carey summarizes Edith Wharton's sexy classic and assigns each character an astrological sign while Lauren pretends she read the book. 

We're going for a classic this month. Of the many great books she wrote, The Custom of the Country was Edith Wharton's favorite.

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American Shakespeare Center Co-founder and Director of Mission, and Mary Baldwin College Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen delivers a pre-show lecture on John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's The Custom of the Country before a live audience at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA, on February 28th, 2013.Dr. Ralph Presents: The Custom of the CountryFile Size: 41.2 MB, Runtime: 35:57 minutesThis podcast carries a "naughty language" warning.