Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Chapter 6: Little John Goes to Nottingham Fair | Little John draws some attention, and I wonder about my next season while musing about writing style. | Note: this chapter includes an insult that to the modern American ear is far less socially acceptable than when pen took to paper...if you’re sensitive to such things, be aware!
Oct 10, 2020
29 min
Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Chapter 5: Robin Hood Turns Butcher | Robin adopts a disguise to infiltrate Nottingham, and I quote a baby.
Oct 3, 2020
41 min
Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Chapter 4: Will Stutely Rescued by His Companions | One of the Merry Men becomes less merry, and Robin and the rest set out to rescue him. I recall a cinematic masterpiece...or something.
Sep 26, 2020
31 min
Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Chapter 3: The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town | Here is the great shooting tournament, which appears in many an adaptation! It should surprise no one that I go off on grammar again.
Sep 19, 2020
42 min
Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Chapter 2: Robin Hood and the Tinker | Robin encounters a challenge, and I recommend a proper series of audiobooks.
Sep 12, 2020
48 min
Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Chapter 1: How Robin Hood Came to Be an Outlaw | Robin Hood runs afoul of the law thanks to a poorly-considered bet, but gains some new friends as a result. I struggle with English dialect and picture Cary Elwes in tights...that's gonna happen a lot, so I might as well get used to it.
Sep 5, 2020
51 min
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Poetry Special | This book is full of poems, many of which are parodies of previously-existing ones. I thought it would be fun to read each one in turn, followed by its original source. Thanks to alice-in-wonderland.net for making the research easy for this one; I recommend checking out the site if you want to learn more about the poems or the story as a whole...or even if you're planning your own mad tea party!
Aug 29, 2020
39 min
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 12: Alice’s Evidence | Alice testifies at the trial in the thrilling conclusion of her story. Thanks for listening!
Aug 22, 2020
14 min
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 11: Who Stole the Tarts? | Alice attends a trial that seems to align oddly with a nursery rhyme. I’m clearly amused with the way the trial progresses.
Aug 15, 2020
13 min
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 10: The Lobster Quadrille | Alice learns of a rather eccentric group dance, and I append a rather unpleasant final line to a poem.
Aug 8, 2020
15 min
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