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Hardcore Literature

Benjamin McEvoy

Welcome to your new favourite book club. If you enjoy deep dives into the greatest books ever written, you will love Hardcore Literature. Provocative poems, evocative epics, and life-changing literary analyses. We don't just read the great books - we live them. Together we'll suck the marrow out of Shakespeare, Homer, and Tolstoy. We'll relish the most moving art ever committed to the page and stage from every age. Join us on the reading adventure of a lifetime.

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92 episodes

  1. Ep 92 - Finnegans Wake (James Joyce) 1:42:02
  2. Ep 91 - The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) 1:43:05
  3. Ep 90 - How to Live the Great Books: Life-Changing Reading Habits 1:51:33
  4. Ep 89 - Book Club Schedule for 2026 1:44:11
  5. Ep 88 - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) 1:48:20
  6. Ep 87 - Appreciating Shakespeare on My Birthday 1:25:24
  7. Ep 86 - Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare) 1:21:41
  8. Ep 85 - The Interpretation of Dreams (Freud) 1:30:03
  9. Ep 84 - Book Club Schedule for 2025 1:00:39
  10. Ep 83 - Reflecting on Reading the Great Books in 2024 1:37:19
  11. Ep 82 - Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Nietzsche) 1:27:48
  12. Ep 81 - The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) 1:19:19
  13. Ep 80 - How to Read Poetry for Personal Growth 1:31:02
  14. Ep 79 - The Tragedy of Othello (Shakespeare) 1:21:37
  15. Ep 78 - The Essays of Montaigne 1:39:42
  16. Ep 77 - Tartuffe (Molière) 1:24:17
  17. Ep 76 - Hedda Gabler (Ibsen) 1:00:04
  18. Ep 75 - King Lear (Shakespeare) 1:32:20
  19. Ep 74 - Faust (Goethe) 52:19
  20. Ep 73 - The Prince (Machiavelli) 1:29:10
  21. Ep 72 - The Tragedy of Hamlet (Shakespeare) 1:20:59
  22. Ep 71 - Book Club Schedule for 2024 53:48
  23. Ep 70 - Gothic Literature and the Rise of the Vampire 47:10
  24. Ep 69 - The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) 1:00:02
  25. Ep 68 - How to Start Writing Literature (Lessons from Great Writers) 1:14:42
  26. Ep 67 - How to Create a Powerful Daily Reading Practice 1:00:18
  27. Ep 66 - The Bookish Q&A Show (Coffee with Hardcore Literature) 1:53:55
  28. Ep 65 - How to Possess Poetry by Memory 1:02:25
  29. Ep 64 - How to Approach a Special Author Project 1:07:13
  30. Ep 63 - Reflecting on Life, Literature & Reading the Great Books 1:26:59
  31. Ep 62 - Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus) 59:31
  32. Ep 61 - How Much Land Does A Man Need? (Tolstoy) 1:16:56
  33. Ep 60 - The Tragedy of Macbeth (Shakespeare) 1:47:32
  34. Ep 59 - The Book of Job (Reading the Bible as Great Literature) 41:56
  35. Ep 58 - How to Make 2023 Your Greatest Reading Year (and Lessons from the Great Books) 1:07:37
  36. Ep 57 - The Best Beginnings in Great Literature 55:46
  37. Ep 56 - How to Read in Times of Need 1:23:12
  38. Ep 55 - Shakespeare's Comedies 1:19:27
  39. Ep 54 - The Road (Cormac McCarthy) 1:07:30
  40. Ep 53 - The Crucible (Arthur Miller) 58:20
  41. Ep 52 - Reflecting on the Great Books on my Birthday 59:20
  42. Ep 51 - The Anxiety of Influence (Harold Bloom) 2:06:23
  43. Ep 50 - Reading Goals for 2022 44:28
  44. Ep 49 - A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) 1:36:40
  45. Ep 48 - Book Club Schedule for 2022 18:46
  46. Ep 48 - Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) 1:37:26
  47. Ep 47 - How the Great Books Saved My Life 51:02
  48. Ep 46 - How to Write a Book Review 45:20
  49. Ep 45 - How to Overcome the Challenges Facing Readers Today 1:15:22
  50. Ep 44 - Don Quixote (Cervantes) 35:03