The Rector of Justin: Chapters 1-5

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 80 minutes

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After a one-week hiatus due to some scheduling issues, we are back! In this episode David is joined by Matt and a new contributor to the network, Sarah-Jane Bentley, who teaches at Eton College in England. They chat about the unique structure of the book, the myriad of intertextual references (and whether they matter), the similarities between the various narrators, and much more.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Close Reeds here on the Close Reeds Podcast Network.
0:05.3	I am David Kern and I am joined by Matthew Bianco, an old friend and a new friend, Sarah Jane Bentley.
0:11.7	If you've been listening to The Plays of Thing, you have already met Sarah Jane.
0:15.6	She's been on there in the last couple shows talking about Othello and Macbeth.
0:18.8	But this is her debut appearance on Close Reeds,
0:22.6	and she and Matt are here to discuss Lewis Aachenklaas' novel director of Justin.
0:28.3	But first, let's welcome Sarah Jane and Matt to the show.
0:31.9	Welcome back.
0:33.3	Thanks, David.
0:34.2	We're here representing the European perspective on this new.
0:38.0	That's right. Matt, you're in Germany. You just got off the Audubon. How fast were you driving?
0:44.2	At one point, I hit 165 kilometers, 170.
0:51.0	What is that in miles? Does anybody know?
0:53.5	I have no idea.
0:55.3	It was even 100 and 105 miles per hour.
0:57.7	It's a higher car though, right?
0:59.1	So you do whatever you like in a higher car.
1:02.0	Yeah, that's right.
1:02.7	That's right.
1:03.5	So yeah, Matt is in Germany right now and Sarah Jane is in, well, where are you?
1:07.8	Are you just in, where is Eaton again?
1:16.9	Yeah, I'm at home in Eaton next to the Thames. I've just been weeding the garden. It's quite a sunny autumn day over here.
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