Bram Stoker's Dracula

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• 27:00 your thoughts on French Literature?
• 32:37 your favourite films and shows?
• 40:42 entry recommendations for big classics?
• 45:20 your process for making connections?
• 51:30 a master plan behind the syllabus?
• 53:15 can you riff on Tolstoy’s sense of love?
• 58:35 how to love someone for who they are?
• 1:03:40 character names in Shakespeare?
• 1:06:05 three writers you would have coffee with?
• 1:07:48 what is your literary guilty pleasure?
• 1:09:00 what is the greatest decade ever for novels?
• 1:11:00 what podcasts do you enjoy listening to?
• 1:13:17 are you concerned about artificial intelligence?
• 1:19:30 a difficult dilemma: rereads or new reads?
• 1:22:10 what are your favourite Japanese works?
• 1:24:20 interest in a behind-the-scenes show
• 1:25:00 tell us more about Shakespeare’s audience?
• 1:30:59 supposedly great books that are overrated?
• 1:33:16 how to deal with feelings of overwhelm?
• 1:39:10 do books appeal to different temperaments?
• 1:41:47 your elevator pitch for getting into literature?
• 1:46:55 what are the essential book club lectures?
• 1:52:30 recommendations for book club newcomers
• 1:53:00 talking about the questions for the next show