Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont: Chapters 1-6

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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We’re on to a new book here on Close Reads! So join us as we discuss the particular mix of melancholy and humor that Elizabeth Taylor manages to offer to readers, the subtleties of the book’s central relationships, the crisis of loneliness in the story, and why this is one of David’s favorite kinds of book. Also, Heidi makes predictions. Happy reading!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:03.9	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.4	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.7	And you are listening to Close Reads, a podcast for the In Curial Reader on which we are reading
0:10.4	Mrs. Palphry at the Claremont.
0:12.8	It's a new book here on Close Reads.
0:15.1	We're going to discuss the first six chapters.
0:18.7	That was an exciting time when we dig into a new book.
0:21.0	Sean, if you could use one word to describe how when we dig into a new book. Sean,
0:21.2	if you could use one word
0:22.1	to describe how you feel
0:23.3	upon starting a new book
0:24.5	here in close to you,
0:25.1	what word would that be?
0:32.0	Conflicted.
0:34.1	Okay.
0:36.0	Only because you asked me that question.
0:39.0	Poised.
0:40.1	Pregnant.
0:40.6	Hoist.
0:41.7	Poised.
0:42.6	Poised.
	...

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