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HomeThe Great Books of Literature

The Great Books of Literature

The IPA's Great Books of Literature is a ten-part podcast series with Andrew Bolt and John Roskam talking about their ten favourite books of literature.
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The Great Books of Literature Podcast – Bonus Episode: On Reading 10 Great Books

The Great Books of Literature Podcast – Bonus Episode: On Reading 10 Great Books

John Roskam 20 December 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

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...

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The Great Books of Literature Podcast – Episode 10: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Great Books of Literature Podcast – Episode 10: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

John Roskam 20 December 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

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...

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The Great Books of Literature Podcast – Episode 9: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Great Books of Literature Podcast – Episode 9: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

John Roskam 6 December 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

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...

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The Great Books of Literature Podcast – Episode 8: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth

The Great Books of Literature Podcast – Episode 8: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth

John Roskam 6 December 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

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...

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The Great Books of Literature Podcast Episode 7: The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope

The Great Books of Literature Podcast Episode 7: The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope

John Roskam 7 November 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

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...

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Episode 6: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Episode 6: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

John Roskam 26 October 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

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...

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Episode 5: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Episode 5: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

John Roskam 10 October 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

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...

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Episode 4: Zorba The Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

Episode 4: Zorba The Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

John Roskam 25 September 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

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...

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Episode 3 – Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Episode 3 – Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

John Roskam 12 September 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

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...

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Episode 2 – The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Episode 2 – The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

John Roskam 29 August 2018 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

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...

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Episode 1 – Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Episode 1 – Bleak House by Charles Dickens

John Roskam 14 August 2018 Ipa today, The great books of literature,

Bleak House is held to be one of Dickens’s finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. At the...

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