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Hardcore Literature Lecture Series
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📔Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3
🎖️ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma
🎭 Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7
🐳 Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf
☄️ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp
🍂 Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt
🇮🇪 Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN
🚂 Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv
💀 Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5
⚓ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b
☕ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
⚔️ The Hero’s Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3
🌸 Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
🎠 Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
❤️Shakespeare’s Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V
🇫🇷 Les Misérables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA
🕯️ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3
🖋️ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt
📖 Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c
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0:00 thank you for reading along
0:40 should any books be banned?
8:18 was there a book that made you pursue literature?
10:09 most emotionally impactful book you’ve read?
11:21 do books come in our lives when we most need them?
16:50 is the reader ever objective?
19:08 are you a dog or cat person?
20:15 do you prefer old books or new books?
20:28 your favourite trope in literature?
21:13 best first sentence in a book?
22:30 top ten desert island books?
24:26 books from last 50 years that will become classics?
27:30 would you read a work that critics deprecate?
30:00 do you let the literature speak for itself?
30:45 what book do you reread all the time?
31:20 any books you’ve changed your mind about?
34:12 one particular book that made you love reading?
35:11 thoughts on George Eliot’s novels?
37:50 Oxford World Classics or Penguin Classics?
38:14 how long does it take to create your content?
39:21 what inspired you to start the book club?
41:12 obstacles in putting yourself out on social media?
42:45 has a book ever made you cry?
45:14 thoughts on genre fiction?
46:53 any great books you haven’t finished?
48:00 advice to your teenage self?
52:20 thoughts and tips for Joyce’s Finnegans Wake?
56:30 encouraging life & mental health advice for young adults?
1:01:45 most influential literary characters?
1:03:30 what do you think about setting reading goals?
1:04:45 your advice on rereading books?
1:05:13 has our society degraded?
1:07:34 do you like postmodern novelists? (Pynchon, Foster Wallace)
1:08:43 your thoughts on the lyricism of Nick Drake?
1:11:24 appreciating a lovely comment
1:11:54 how to keep motivated with reading?
1:14:16 what do you think of George Orwell?
1:15:30 what do you think of Marcel Proust?
1:17:05 what do you think is the greatest American classic?
1:17:15 thoughts on Ian McEwan?
1:17:20 favourite books about sport?
1:17:30 favourite works from living writers?
1:17:52 where to start with philosophy?
1:18:20 favourite films, tv series, directors?
1:21:00 three recommended albums?
1:21:58 Jane Austen vs George Eliot?
1:22:22 thoughts on John Williams’ Stoner?
1:22:43 how to apply literary theory to books?
1:23:25 Milan Kundera and J. D. Salinger?
1:24:14 Homer vs Virgil?
1:25:40 thoughts on Harry Potter?
1:26:13 what Shakespeare work do you most love?
1:27:10 do you like any Shakespeare film adaptations?
1:28:00 have you read Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet?
1:29:40 any great writers you believe to be overrated?
1:30:40 who is your favourite playwright?
1:31:00 thoughts on Arthur Miller, Pinter, Mamet?
1:32:42 what other passions do you have?
1:33:38 can you share some of your writing?
1:34:22 how to tackle epic literature?
1:36:10 advice on developing analytical skills?
1:36:40 thoughts on Arabic Literature?
1:37:30 reading Shakespeare with English as second language?
1:39:33 where to start with Greek mythology?
1:40:59 how to use notebooks as alternative to marginalia?
1:44:00 a heartfelt thank you to you all
📚 Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about
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🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify)
🏫 https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses)
✍🏼 benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website
————————————
Hardcore Literature Lecture Series
————————————
📔Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3
🎖️ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma
🎭 Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7
🐳 Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf
☄️ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp
🍂 Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt
🇮🇪 Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN
🚂 Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv
💀 Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5
⚓ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b
☕ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
⚔️ The Hero’s Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3
🌸 Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
🎠 Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
❤️Shakespeare’s Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V
🇫🇷 Les Misérables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA
🕯️ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3
🖋️ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt
📖 Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c
————————————
0:00 thank you for reading along
0:40 should any books be banned?
8:18 was there a book that made you pursue literature?
10:09 most emotionally impactful book you’ve read?
11:21 do books come in our lives when we most need them?
16:50 is the reader ever objective?
19:08 are you a dog or cat person?
20:15 do you prefer old books or new books?
20:28 your favourite trope in literature?
21:13 best first sentence in a book?
22:30 top ten desert island books?
24:26 books from last 50 years that will become classics?
27:30 would you read a work that critics deprecate?
30:00 do you let the literature speak for itself?
30:45 what book do you reread all the time?
31:20 any books you’ve changed your mind about?
34:12 one particular book that made you love reading?
35:11 thoughts on George Eliot’s novels?
37:50 Oxford World Classics or Penguin Classics?
38:14 how long does it take to create your content?
39:21 what inspired you to start the book club?
41:12 obstacles in putting yourself out on social media?
42:45 has a book ever made you cry?
45:14 thoughts on genre fiction?
46:53 any great books you haven’t finished?
48:00 advice to your teenage self?
52:20 thoughts and tips for Joyce’s Finnegans Wake?
56:30 encouraging life & mental health advice for young adults?
1:01:45 most influential literary characters?
1:03:30 what do you think about setting reading goals?
1:04:45 your advice on rereading books?
1:05:13 has our society degraded?
1:07:34 do you like postmodern novelists? (Pynchon, Foster Wallace)
1:08:43 your thoughts on the lyricism of Nick Drake?
1:11:24 appreciating a lovely comment
1:11:54 how to keep motivated with reading?
1:14:16 what do you think of George Orwell?
1:15:30 what do you think of Marcel Proust?
1:17:05 what do you think is the greatest American classic?
1:17:15 thoughts on Ian McEwan?
1:17:20 favourite books about sport?
1:17:30 favourite works from living writers?
1:17:52 where to start with philosophy?
1:18:20 favourite films, tv series, directors?
1:21:00 three recommended albums?
1:21:58 Jane Austen vs George Eliot?
1:22:22 thoughts on John Williams’ Stoner?
1:22:43 how to apply literary theory to books?
1:23:25 Milan Kundera and J. D. Salinger?
1:24:14 Homer vs Virgil?
1:25:40 thoughts on Harry Potter?
1:26:13 what Shakespeare work do you most love?
1:27:10 do you like any Shakespeare film adaptations?
1:28:00 have you read Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet?
1:29:40 any great writers you believe to be overrated?
1:30:40 who is your favourite playwright?
1:31:00 thoughts on Arthur Miller, Pinter, Mamet?
1:32:42 what other passions do you have?
1:33:38 can you share some of your writing?
1:34:22 how to tackle epic literature?
1:36:10 advice on developing analytical skills?
1:36:40 thoughts on Arabic Literature?
1:37:30 reading Shakespeare with English as second language?
1:39:33 where to start with Greek mythology?
1:40:59 how to use notebooks as alternative to marginalia?
1:44:00 a heartfelt thank you to you all
