Ep 153 - The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton (Bonus Episode)

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

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🗓️ 31 December 2015

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This month, first-ever patron guest host Asma walks us through Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, a story about upper-class people of marriageable age in 19th century New York City.

It's not the harshest criticism that Wharton ever wrote about the upper crust (that would be The House of Mirth, published earlier), but the book still isn't overly kind to these people and their rigid hierarchies.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Let's welcome to Overdo.
0:42.9	This is a podcast about the books that you have been meaning to read.
0:46.0	My name is Craig.
0:47.2	And my name is Andrew.
0:48.6	And my name is Asma.
0:50.6	Welcome Asma.
0:52.4	So this is our bonus episode for December, the month of December 2015, the last bonus episode
0:58.5	of the calendar year 2015.
1:01.1	And we thought that we would celebrate that by welcoming on one of our biggest Patreon
1:07.7	supporters who helped us create bonus episodes and then kind of jumped up to the top tier
1:15.2	which actually brought her on the show to talk about a book.
1:19.8	Yay.
1:20.8	So thanks for joining us.
1:24.5	We're going to be talking about Edith Warton's Age of Innocence.
1:29.7	But first tell us what you like to read.
1:32.6	I think one of the things that we have built up over the course of the show is listeners
1:39.2	know a little bit about where Andrew and I are coming from.
1:43.3	But what kind of books do you like to read?
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