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Hello, everyone, is Jack Wilson telling you that the History of Literature podcast tour through literary England is still accepting deposits, and we'd love to have you join us.

We will be visiting some of the greatest literary sites in history, including walks, tours,

pub visits, and leisure time activities, and with visits from scholars and other special guests

as we experience the amazing cities of London, Oxford, and Bath, in a small group

accompanied by yours truly. If you love literature and if you love life, you are not going to want to

miss this. It's next year in May of 26, but we need you to put down a deposit now so we can

finalize the itinerary.

2026 is around the corner, people.

Give yourself something to look forward to next spring.

You can find out more at John Shores Travel, John S-H-O-R-S,

or you can find the links to the itinerary and sign-up page at history of literature.com.

Hope to see you soon.

Hello, it's Halloween time, and here's what we have for you today.

Three and a half years ago, I got carried away when reading a poem by

Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market, which just blew me away. It was so strange and so eerie.

It put me into a Halloween state of mind in April or May or whenever it was. I dropped everything

and did an episode, a double episode, in fact,

that we released in June of that year. But even at the time, I remember thinking,

oh boy, this really should be a Halloween episode. Thematically, it belongs in October.

So after some listener feedback and some requests, we decided we're going to do that today. We've combined both episodes into one, and you will hear the double episode in all its glory. A jumbo episode of the History of Literature Podcast, two episodes back to back, all devoted to Goblin Market by

Christina Rossetti. And we touch on a lot of other stuff, too. I hope you enjoy it.

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