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PHI FIC #43 Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Phi Fic: Truth in Fiction

Release Date: 03/10/2022

Stendhal’s Red and Black (Le Rouge et le Noir) - Phi Fic Ep. 46 show art Stendhal’s Red and Black (Le Rouge et le Noir) - Phi Fic Ep. 46

Phi Fic: Truth in Fiction

One of Nietzsche’s favorite novels, Le Rouge et le Noir contains some of the most profound psychological analysis in all of fiction.  The novel tells the story about a young man from a modest background who seeks a glorious career, but ends up in enormous trouble as a result of his love affairs.  The novel is divided into halves, with the first half being about a job where he ended up having affair with his boss’s wife, and the second half being about another job where he has a passionate romance with his boss’s daughter (all hell breaks loose at the end).  The setting is...

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The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton show art The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

Phi Fic: Truth in Fiction

Join Nina, Daniel, Fabrice, and Rob us as we discuss Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of American ambition, The Custom of the Country.

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The Poetry Episode (Dickinson, Baudelaire, Bishop, Byron) show art The Poetry Episode (Dickinson, Baudelaire, Bishop, Byron)

Phi Fic: Truth in Fiction

Each of the four contributors picked a different poem to read and discuss for this episode.  The poems we picked are listed below.  Also below are links to the poems and the starting point for each segment. Emily Dickinson, "The Brain is Wider Than the Sky" - 2:35 https://drupal.yalebooks.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/TOC/edelman_wider.pdf Charles Baudelaire, "The Albatross" - 13:05 https://fleursdumal.org/poem/200 Elizabeth Bishop, "The Art of Losing" - 29:45 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art Lord Byron, "Darkness" - 40:38...

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PHI FIC #43 Bleak House by Charles Dickens show art PHI FIC #43 Bleak House by Charles Dickens

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An unwritten novel by Virginia Woolf show art An unwritten novel by Virginia Woolf

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Phi Fic #41 Paradise Lost by John Milton show art Phi Fic #41 Paradise Lost by John Milton

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Phi Fic #40 The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway show art Phi Fic #40 The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway

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Phi fin #39 Point Omega by Don DeLillo show art Phi fin #39 Point Omega by Don DeLillo

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Phi Fic #38 Howard's End by EM Forster show art Phi Fic #38 Howard's End by EM Forster

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Phi Fic #37 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner show art Phi Fic #37 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

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