Hello, I'm Rihanna Dillon and this is the Penguin Podcast.

Now, you might not have expected me to pop up back into your podcast feed quite so soon,

but there were so much great stuff that we didn't have room for in our main shows,

that we wanted to share some exclusive bonus episodes that we think you'll love.

We'll be back in the spring with more episodes, speaking to more penguin authors and colleagues,

and of course answering all of your burning questions about all things books, but in the meantime,

we've got a few little unheard moments that we wanted to share.

Last series, we spent a whole episode talking about the classics and chatted with Henry Elliott, author of the Penguin

Classics book and the Penguin Modern Classics book. Alongside some fantastic reading

recommendations, from jazz age novels to classics in translation, Henry shared his expert view

of what makes a book a classic. He revealed where the term came from and which books were in the

original canon. If you've heard the episode, and if not, go back and listen. Then you'll know

that Henry is an avid reader who's not scared to tackle the big tomes, but how does he prepare

for a new classic undertaking? And where did his love for them come from? So I was lucky,

I think, because my father was an English teacher and a lot of our family friends were English

teachers. So there were lots of recommendations coming from all over the place and the house was

full of book. So I was very lucky in that respect that you know I had quite a

wide meadow to grazing what a gorgeous image as well for a kid so I suppose a lot from

family and friends so I studied English literature at university and felt like I had a pretty

good knowledge of literature.

But then I was when I left university, I realized that it had been English literature.

I had zero knowledge of French, Russian, Spanish, South American literature,

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