On the Road with Penguin Classics

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The podcast that takes a stroll around the world's favourite books. In each episode, author and editor Henry Eliot travels to a different literary location to explore a brilliant book in the company of a remarkable reader.

On the Road with Penguin Classics

Episodes

Season 1
The Mill on the Floss with Louis de Bernières
George Eliot in Nuneaton. The novelist Louis de Bernières explores the landscape around Nuneaton in Warwickshire, the birthplace of George Eliot. They discuss The Mill on the Floss, visiting the Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery and the Griff House Beefeater, which was Eliot's childhood home and the inspiration for Dorlcote Mill. They also meet Adam Weaver, land agent of the Arbury Estate, the same position held by Eliot’s father. Penguin Classics edition of The Mill on the Floss by Louis de Bernières https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60341/the-mill-on-the-floss/9780141439624.html Audiobook: https://books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/the-mill-on-the-floss/id1528313409?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=audio-books_the_mill_on_the_floss&ls=1 Ebook: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-mill-on-the-floss/id374227455?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=books_the_mill_on_the_floss&ls=1 Louis de Bernières https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1017789/louis-de-bernieres.html Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery https://www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/info/20038/museum_and_art_gallery/160/museum_and_art_gallery Griff House Beefeater https://www.beefeater.co.uk/en-gb/locations/warwickshire/griff-house The Arbury Estate https://arburyestate.co.uk/ George Eliot walking tour of Nuneaton http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/george-eliot/george-eliot-walking-tour.shtml See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
March 4, 2021
61 min
The Lonely Londoners with Susheila Nasta
Sam Selvon in Bayswater. The author and editor Susheila Nasta, Selvon’s literary executor, coasts a lime around the Water with Henry. They discuss The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon, visiting Bayswater, Hyde Park and Piccadilly Circus, and discussing the experience of Caribbean migrants in 1950s London. They meet Howard Jeffery, Chairman of the Pepperpot Centre, a community centre for older Caribbean residents in west London. Penguin Modern Classics edition of The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57514/the-lonely-londoners/9780141188416.html Ebook: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-lonely-londoners/id913000990?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=books_the_lonely_londoners&ls=1 Susheila Nasta https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/staff/nastas.html https://twitter.com/susheila_nasta Wasafiri https://www.wasafiri.org/ The Pepperpot Centre https://www.pepperpotcentre.org.uk/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
February 25, 2021
70 min
Tristram Shandy with Frank Cottrell Boyce
Laurence Sterne in Coxwold. The screenwriter and children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the screenplay for A Cock and Bull Story (the 2005 film adaptation of Tristram Shandy), digresses around the little village of Coxwold in North Yorkshire with Henry. They discuss Laurence Sterne’s novel and veer off on various tangents as they meander from St Michael’s Church, where Sterne was perpetual curate, to Shandy Hall, where he wrote most of Tristram Shandy. They meet the curator, Patrick Wildgust, who guides them through the eccentric building. Penguin Classics edition of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60349/the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy--gentleman/9780141439778.html Audiobook: https://books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/tristram-shandy-abridged/id1440419496?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=audio-books_tristram_shandy_%28abridged%29&ls=1 Ebook: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy-gentleman/id374433539?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=books_the_life_and_opinions_of_tristram&ls=1 Frank Cottrell Boyce https://twitter.com/frankcottrell_b A Cock and Bull Story, dir. Michael Winterbottom https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423409/ Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/frank-cottrellboyce/cosmic/9781529008777 Shandy Hall & The Laurence Sterne Trust https://www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/ St Michael’s Church https://www.coxwoldvillage.org/index.php/coxwold-church-north-yorkshire-st-michael-and-all-angels See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
February 18, 2021
65 min
Mrs Dalloway with Alexandra Harris
Virginia Woolf in Westminster. The biographer Alexandra Harris, author of Romantic Moderns (2010), haunts the streets of Westminster with Henry. They discuss Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, tracing the course of the novel as it unfolds over a single day, visiting Bond Street, Regent’s Park and Tavistock Square. They also meet Edgar Jones, Professor in the History of Medicine and Psychiatry at King’s College London, a leading authority on shell shock. Penguin Modern Classics edition of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57014/mrs-dalloway/9780241436271.html Alexandra Harris https://www.alexandraharris.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/alexhharris Romantic Moderns by Alexandra Harris https://thamesandhudson.com/romantic-moderns-english-writers-artists-and-the-imagination-9780500251713 Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris https://thamesandhudson.com/woolf-9780500515921 Edgar Jones https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/edgar-jones See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
February 11, 2021
62 min
The Canterbury Tales with Patience Agbabi
Geoffrey Chaucer in Kent. The poet and performer Patience Agbabi, author of Telling Tales (2014), makes a pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury with Henry. They discuss The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer as they travel by train, stopping off at Dartford and Rochester, covering Chaucer’s life and times, poetry and pilgrims, including the Knight, the Miller, the Wife of Bath and the Pardoner. In Canterbury they meet David Herd, co-founder of Refugee Tales, an annual public walk that raises awareness around indefinite immigration detention. Penguin Classics editions of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/33721/the-canterbury-tales/9780140422344.html https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/33858/the-canterbury-tales/9780140424386.html Patience Agbabi https://twitter.com/patienceagbabi Telling Tales by Patience Agbabi https://canongate.co.uk/books/2125-telling-tales/ Refugee Tales https://www.refugeetales.org/ https://commapress.co.uk/books/refugee-tales David Herd https://www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/91/www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/91/herd-david See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
February 4, 2021
68 min
The Woman in White with Olivia Vinall
Wilkie Collins in Cumbria. The actress Olivia Vinall, star of the 2018 BBC adaptation of The Woman in White, explores the Cumbrian coastline with Henry. They discuss Wilkie Collins’s novel and visit the Ship Hotel in Allonby, where Collins stayed with Charles Dickens. They also visit Ewanrigg Hall, the inspiration for Limmeridge House, and meet Doris Riley, author of The Rise and Fall of Ewanrigg Hall, who tells them a haunting ghost story. Penguin Classics edition of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60340/the-woman-in-white/9780141439617.html Olivia Vinall https://twitter.com/ovinall The Woman in White (2018 BBC adaptation) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b157dw The Ship Hotel, Allonby http://theshipallonby.co.uk/ Ewanrigg Hall https://houseandheritage.org/2017/04/07/ewanrigg-hall/ The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-lazy-tour-of-two-idle-apprentices-9781847497741/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
January 28, 2021
51 min
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On the Road with Penguin Classics is a new literary podcast that takes a stroll around the world's favourite books. In each episode, author and editor Henry Eliot travels to a different literary location to explore a brilliant book in the company of remarkable readers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
January 14, 2021
2 min

On the Road with Penguin Classics

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On the Road with Penguin Classics

Episodes

The Mill on the Floss with Louis de Bernières

The Lonely Londoners with Susheila Nasta

Tristram Shandy with Frank Cottrell Boyce

Mrs Dalloway with Alexandra Harris

The Canterbury Tales with Patience Agbabi

The Woman in White with Olivia Vinall

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