Best of Series – "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Ch. 18-End

The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford

Arts, Books, Education

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

On The Literary Life podcast this week, Angelina, Cindy and Thomas are back to wrap up their series on Bram Stoker's Dracula. They open with their commonplace quotes then begin diving into the major plot points and the connections being made. Angelina and Cindy discuss what happens to Mina, especially in relation to the idea of the New Woman versus the Angel in the House. Thomas and Angelina talk about Dracula's background and his connection with Satan seen more clearly here at the end of the book. They all share thoughts on the Christian images that are increasingly brought out as the story line progresses.

To check out the latest classes and offerings from Angelina, Thomas and their colleagues, you can visit HouseofHumaneLetters.com. You can also find out what Cindy is up to over on her website, MorningTimeforMoms.com.

Don't forget to head over to https://theliterary.life/300/ to view the full show notes for this episode, including book links, commonplace quotes, and this week's poem.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Literary Life Podcast. We've grown quite significantly since our debut in 2019,
0:07.4	and we've had many requests to highlight older episodes that new listeners may have missed, as well as revisit listener favorites.
0:15.2	To honor that request, I present to you this episode of the best of the Literary Life podcast.
0:25.6	This is not just another book chat podcast. Lifelong reader Cindy Rollins joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks
0:30.6	for an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well.
0:36.6	Explore the lost intellectual tradition and discover
0:39.9	how to fully enter end to the great works of literature. Learn what books mean while delighting
0:46.2	in the sheer joy of imagination. Each week we will rescue story from the ivory tower and bring it to
0:53.7	your couch, your kitchen,
0:55.9	and your commute. The literary life is for everyone because in the words of Stratford
1:00.7	Caldecott, to be enchanted by story is to be granted a deeper insight into reality.
1:07.5	Join us for an ever-unfolding discussion of how stories will save the world.
1:13.5	This is The Literary Life Podcast.
1:17.4	Music Welcome back to the Literary Life podcast.
1:35.1	I'm Angelina Stanford, and I am here with, well, my trusty fellowship of dragon slayers, the mysterious Mr. Banks, and Cindy, the blonde bombshell Rollins. Hey, guys. Miss Stanford. Hey, hello. I didn't recognize myself. So there you go. See, I wonder. I thought to myself, you know, I haven't called her that in a while. So let's see how she responds. I just threw it through it out there. The Farrah Fawcett
2:01.2	of Charlotte Mason, which I stand by that. I absolutely stand by that. I was in the antique mall recently, Cindy. Actually, we almost bought this for you. There was a remember that Mr. Banks, we saw that we saw a vintage poster of Farah Fawcett. We almost bought it for you. Oh, that would have been.
2:17.0	We thought it was only right.
2:18.7	Yeah.
2:19.1	We did a double take.
2:19.9	I was like, why is there a poster of Cindy in here? of Farrah Fawcett, we almost bought it for you. Oh, that would have been. We thought it was only right, yeah.
2:19.1	We did a double take, and I was like, why is there a poster of Cindy in here?
2:22.5	You guys.
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