#59: Brideshead Revisited, part 2, chapters 2-3

Close Reads Podcast

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4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, Brideshead Revisited, focusing on chapter 9.

Topics include:

Julia's prescience
Julia's guilty conscience
Bridey's strong words
Ryder's skepticism
and much more

This episode is brought to you by Schole Academy from Classical Academic Press, featuring new literature courses taught by Close Reads co-star, Tim McIntosh.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Close Reeds here on the Circe Institute Podcast Network.
0:09.6	I am David Kern and I am joined by Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh and Andrew Kern.
0:14.1	How's it going to all of you?
0:16.6	Good.
0:17.2	Do you ask a question to someone or of someone?
0:20.5	Wow.
0:21.2	Prepositions are so tricky.
0:23.1	They are so tricky.
0:24.3	So malleable.
0:26.7	You know, I have heard...
0:28.1	I know a lot of people who are from other countries who speak English,
0:32.7	and they will all talk about how prepositions are the most difficult thing to master.
0:37.1	Because other languages use prepositions very differently.
0:40.6	I find that fascinating.
0:42.5	Like in other languages, prepositions actually have meaningful content to them.
0:47.1	Well, maybe.
0:48.8	But I mean, if you choose to say, do you ask a question to someone or of someone?
0:53.4	I mean, you know, there's no like real reason behind that.
0:57.1	Yeah.
0:57.2	Just pick something, right. And so some other country picks a different.
1:00.9	Well, all right.
1:01.9	I disagree.
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