Brit Lit Book Club

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Brit Lit Book Club

Vanessa

10 episodes

2 weeks ago

Journey through 300 years of British Christmas traditions with The Brit Lit Book Club! Discover how Christmas was celebrated in Shakespeare's England, Jane Austen's Regency world, and Charles Dickens' Victorian era. From the twelve days of Tudor revelry and the Lord of Misrule to the quiet family gatherings of Regency drawing rooms, and finally to the Victorian Christmas that shaped our modern celebrations, explore how Britain's greatest authors lived and wrote about the holiday season. Learn...

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Brit Lit Book Club

The Importance of Performing Shakespeare - An Interview with Michael Anderson from The Happiness Playbook

Why Performing Shakespeare Still Matters: A Conversation with Michael from Take Note Troupe Why do we still perform Shakespeare 400 years after his death? In this special interview episode (the first for The Brit Lit Book Club) we sit down with Michael, director of Take Note Troupe's Shakespeare in the Park, to explore why Shakespeare's plays remain powerfully relevant for modern audiences, especially teenagers. Discover how Shakespeare's language shaped English as we know it, why his works a...

5 days ago

30 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Christmas Through the Ages: From Shakespeare, to Austen, to Dickens

1 month ago

18 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Dickens and His Illustrators - The Artists Who Drew Victorian Christmas

Dickens and His Illustrators: The Artists Who Drew Victorian Christmas Ever wonder who first gave visual form to Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Fezziwig's famous ball? Discover the fascinating world of Victorian book illustration and the artists who shaped how we visualize Dickens's most beloved stories. In this episode of The Brit Lit Book Club, we explore the crucial but often overlooked partnership between Charles Dickens and his illustrators—particularly John Leech, wh...

1 month ago

26 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Charles Dickens & A Christmas Carol - More Than Holiday Spirit

Charles Dickens & A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens's Revolutionary Ghost Story Discover the untold story behind Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol in this deep dive into Victorian literature's most influential work. More than just a holiday tale, A Christmas Carol was a radical political manifesto that changed how we celebrate Christmas and think about poverty, wealth, and social responsibility. In this episode, we explore: • Why Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in j...

1 month ago

30 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Charles Dickens: The People's Author

Charles Dickens: The People's Author - The Brit Lit Book Club Join us for an in-depth exploration of Charles Dickens, the literary rock star of Victorian England! In this episode of The Brit Lit Book Club, we dive into the life and works of the author behind A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and so many other beloved classics. We'll explore Dickens's fascinating (and complicated) life story—from his traumatic childhood working in a blacking factory while his father languish...

1 month ago

30 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre - The Governess Who Changed Everything

Episode 6: Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre - The Governess Who Changed Everything Discover why Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre was more than just a Gothic romance—it was a revolutionary manifesto for women's equality disguised as a love story. In this episode of The Brit Lit Book Club, we explore how Charlotte Brontë created one of literature's most groundbreaking heroines: a plain, poor governess who demanded to be treated as an equal in Victorian England. Learn about the shocking publishing histo...

2 months ago

28 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

The Brontë Sisters - Growing Up Wild

The Brit Lit Book Club - Episode 5: The Brontë Sisters - Growing Up Wild Step into the windswept world of the Brontë sisters—Charlotte, Emily, and Anne—three isolated children who transformed childhood fantasies into some of the most passionate and psychologically complex novels ever written. From the remote Yorkshire moors to literary immortality, discover how extreme isolation, family tragedy, and raw creative genius created Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Joi...

2 months ago

34 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice - Class, Marriage, and Money

The Brit Lit Book Club - Episode 4: Pride & Prejudice - Class, Marriage, and Money Forget Colin Firth emerging from that lake—this deep dive into Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice explores the revolutionary social commentary hidden beneath one of literature's most beloved romances. Join host Vanessa as she examines how Austen's masterpiece is really a brutally honest exploration of money, class, and economic survival in Regency England. Discover why Mrs. Bennet's husband-hunting isn't sha...

2 months ago

23 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Jane Austen - The Quiet Revolutionary

The Brit Lit Book Club - Episode 3: Jane Austen - The Quiet Revolutionary Discover the real Jane Austen in this deep dive into British literature's most beloved author. Join host Vanessa as she explores the life, works, and revolutionary impact of Jane Austen beyond the costume dramas and romantic comedies. What You'll Learn: Jane Austen's life in Regency England and Georgian societyWhy Austen was one of the most subversive writers in English literatureThe historical context of the Napoleonic...

2 months ago

22 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Romeo & Juliet - Love in Shakespeare's World

What this episode is about: Discover the shocking truth about Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in this episode of The Brit Lit Book Club. What if the world's most famous love story isn't really about love at all? Join host Vanessa for a fascinating deep dive and literary analysis into the social forces, family expectations, and Elizabethan marriage politics that make this tragedy so much more complex (and relevant) than you remember from school. Explore how Shakespeare compressed the timeline t...

2 months ago

17 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Who Was Shakespeare Really?

Who Was Shakespeare Really? Uncover the mystery behind William Shakespeare in this captivating first episode of the Brit Lit Book Club. Who was the glove-maker's son from Stratford-upon-Avon who became the greatest writer in the English language? Host Vanessa Hunt explores the fascinating gaps in Shakespeare's biography, from his mysterious "lost years" to the controversial authorship question that has puzzled scholars for centuries. Discover why a man with no university education could writ...

3 months ago

15 minutes