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Hello, everyone. Welcome to the History of Literature Podcast. That ticking clock is the sound of where we are and what we're doing today. That's right. We're finishing up Henry James' Beast in the jungle.

There's a beast, but that's just it, isn't it?

This beast in our story has not roared.

We're waiting.

If you're new to this three-part series, you can go back and listen to the first two episodes if you'd like,

or you can skip those and jump right in here, because I will give you everything you need.

That's all coming up today on the History of Literature.

Quick theme today because we're waiting, and waiting is difficult. What are we waiting for?

We've been waiting for it to appear, and so have our main characters. John Marcher has been waiting

almost all of his life. He can find it in a friend, A brief encounter casually met years ago in Italy,

May Bartram. For some reason, he confided in her that he had this premonition. Something was going

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