Ep 116 - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

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🗓️ 1 June 2015

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Hey, jabronis! This week we finally read our first Brontë book, thanks to one of our Patreon supporters!

Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is considered to be "one of the first sustained feminist books," and though many of the sensibilities of early-to-mid-19th-century England are present here, we see the typical marriage and courtship rituals through a darker lens.

Contemporary readers were scandalized by the things this book depicted, including but not limited to (1) a woman leaving a man and (2) a man being a loutish alcoholic and cheating on his wife. Join us for a discussion of all that plus some tips on safe high-fiving.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale,
0:05.1	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.4	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.4	We should call people Gibroni, so.
0:42.9	Because think about it. It's not like a cuss, but it's not like you're not caught
0:47.9	I'm stupid or something. It's a unique enough insult to make somebody pause and be like,
0:55.6	did you just call me a Gibroni? What is a Gibroni? Welcome to Overdo. This is a podcast
1:02.7	about the books that you've been meaning to read. My name is Gibroni. My name is Andrew.
1:08.2	Jobless loser says Urban Dictionary. A loser, a poser. One who talks the talk about could never
1:16.0	walk the walk. This is awesome. I like words that are defined with idioms. That's pretty good.
1:24.4	The third definition is, says Gibroni is really an Italian profanity.
1:29.4	Really? That's funny because the rock is like Samoan or something.
1:36.3	Number four definition is put down used by wrestler the rock. The example they use it in a sentence.
1:43.3	Shut your mouth, Gibroni.
1:44.8	To get high-minded wrestling fan about this, I wonder if Gibroni is like a slant dig on people
2:00.4	being jobbers. Do you know what a jobber is Andrew? I thought you were going to say slant dig on
2:04.5	people being bronies, but no, I don't want to job. A jobber is someone who is supposed to go out
2:10.2	there and lose. They are a low-tier wrestler whose their job is to go out there and get beat.
2:18.7	So people like the rock look good. When the rock is getting famous, he needs to beat up a bunch
2:24.1	of no-name people who are jobbers. Are they faces or heels yet? No. Just grists for the wrestling
2:30.7	mill. Yeah, you're not even supposed to really remember their name. This is about a wrestling,
2:37.9	specifically wrestling from the late 90s and early 2000s. The attitude era if you want to be
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