The Great Books of Literature Podcast
1) Bonus Episode: On Reading 10 Great Books
In this bonus episode of the IPA's Great Books of Literature Podcast, John Roskam and Andrew Bolt talk about which book was their favourite, which characters stuck out for them, which author's life wa...Show More
2) Episode 10: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov is one of the most influential books ever written. Dostoevsky uses the book to explore morality, religion and the concept of free will. In this episode, John Roskam and Andrew B...Show More
3) Episode 9: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice is the most popular romantic comedy of all time. This comedic look at marriage and relationships has sold over 20 million copies since being published in 1813. John Roskam and Andr...Show More
4) Episode 8: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
The Radetzky March is one of the most important novels of the 20th Century. Spanning three generations of the Trotta family, The Radetzky March explores culture and patriotism amidst a dying empire in...Show More
5) Episode 7: The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
The Way We Live Now is Anthony Trollope’s searing criticism of the corruption at the top of British society. It was listed at number 22 in The Guardian’s top 100 books of all time. In this episode, Jo...Show More
6) Episode 6: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness is one of the most famous and most important works to come out of the colonialist era. Marlow’s venture into the Congo to find Kurtz is gripping and dark, and raises many questions a...Show More
7) Episode 5: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
In Don Quixote, Cervantes does more than simply tell funny, engaging and warm stories about a knight and his faithful squire. Below the surface of the funny stories is a deep psychological analysis of...Show More
8) Episode 4: Zorba The Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
Zorba The Greek is a life-changing work, which follows an unnamed narrator and his Cypriot companion Zorba as they discuss life, love, religion and everything else while working on a coal mine in Cret...Show More
9) Episode 3: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights centres around the doomed relationship of its two main characters - Heathcliff, the adopted son of wealthy landowner Mr Earnshaw, and Earnshaw's daughter Catherine. It is a tale of l...Show More
10) Episode 2: The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
The Leopard is set in Sicily in the 1860s at the time of the unification of the Italian states and in the midst of sweeping political and social upheaval. The book centres on a Sicilian nobleman, Don ...Show More