Hello and welcome to the librarian is in the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.

I'm Francis.

And I'm Rhonda. I'm not going to tempt the English accent because you did it so much better than me, Frank. But Rhonda,

you're our new governess. You're our new governess. You're here to take care of us,

Rhonda, aren't you

frank i don't even i love it she's like don't even start with me

i was trying to attempt it like in my head i was trying to formulate the accent

and then it just would not come out oh that's all right i have accents to actually i all right. I have accents to spare.

Actually, I don't seem to have accents to spare.

I always default to some sort of bad British one.

But there you go.

It sort of pertains to the book, you know what I mean?

And, you know, I listened to a wonderful British accent for this book.

Turn of the Screw by Henry James.

That's what we're discussing.

1998.

19, oh, 1898.

1898.

Yes.

I feel like I to put the year in there.

Yeah, yeah.

That's important.

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