Hosted by Jen Smith · EN-GB · 31 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
Read the Damn Book is a collection of all the classic books you feel you should read but don't have time. Join professional audiobook narrator, Jen Smith, as she reads the most well known books in the world, in easy to listen to short chapters. Season 1 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Season 2 - The Picture of Dorian Gray Season 3 - Persuasion - coming soon! Jen@jensmithnarrator.co.uk
Jen Smith hosts Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised, a arts show with 31 episodes published.
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Dorian visits the locked room to see the portrait, but after realizing that his decision to reform has not altered the painting, Dorian strikes it with a knife.
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Dorian expresses his desire to reform himself and be virtuous. Lord Henry dismisses Dorian’s intentions and changes the subject to Alan Campbell’s suicide, as w
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Dorian joins a shooting party, and when entranced by the gracefulness of a hare, Dorian begs the party not to shoot it. However, when the hare is shot, they hea
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Dorian faints, and he recalls seeing the face of James Vane pressed against the window. Thanks for listening, and see you next time. Follow Read the Damn Book P
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! A woman at the opium den addresses Dorian as “Prince Charming.” Upon hearing this, James Vane recalls that “Prince Charming” was Sibyl’s nickname for Dorian and
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Dorian leaves a party early, heads home to burn Basil’s belongings, and draws out a canister of opium. At midnight, Dorian goes to a London neighbourhood popula
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! The following morning, an estranged friend of Dorian’s, Alan Campbell, arrives, and reluctantly agrees to help Dorian dispose of Basil’s body using his knowledg
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Dorian reveals the portrait to Basil, who is horrified by the change that his work has undergone, and he curses the painting and begs Dorian to pray for forgive
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Dorian encounters Basil, who warns Dorian of the many rumors being spread around him, and questions Dorian as to why so many of his friendships have ended. Dori
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! After years pass, Dorian maintains his youth and beauty as his soul corrupts. Dorian keeps up with contemporary ideas and devotes himself to the study of beauti
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Dorian locks the portrait in a room, musing that if no one sees the painting’s deterioration, then it bears no importance. Dorian becomes entranced by a book Lo
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! When Basil arrives to offer condolences, Dorian does not express any remorse. Basil attempts to remove the screen covering Dorian’s painting, at which point Dor
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! The face on Dorian’s portrait has indeed changed, and while he tries to come up with a rational explanation, Lord Henry arrives with the news that Sibyl has com
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! The men attend the theatre to watch Sibyl’s play, but Sibyl gives a disappointing performance. Dorian confronts Sibyl backstage, and she says that before meetin
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Lord Henry tells Basil of Dorian’s plan to marry Sibyl, a fact that worries Basil because Dorian would be marrying beneath his social position. When Dorian ente
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Sibyl is enraptured by her union to Dorian, but her family has doubts about Dorian’s intentions. While on a walk with her brother James, Sibyl spots Dorian, but
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Dorian shares the news with Lord Henry that he has fallen in love with an actress named Sibyl Vane, and Lord Henry agrees to accompany Dorian to see her play th
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! Lord Henry learns about Dorian’s tragic past and becomes fascinated with Dorian, setting his sights on influencing him. Lord Henry goes to dine at the home of L
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! While Dorian sits for Basil’s painting, Lord Henry discusses his personal philosophy. Lord Henry speaks with Dorian about the fading qualities of youth and beau
I'd love your feedback and suggestions - send me a message! The novel begins in the London home of Basil Hallward, an artist who shares his latest painting with the clever and scandalous Lord Henry. Basil describes how h
Sponsor detection runs nightly. Check back soon.
No public pitch examples yet for this show.
Generate your own personalised pitchBased on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:
Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised has a verified contact on file. Create a free PitchCentric account to access it and generate a personalised pitch in seconds. Research at least 3 recent episodes first and lead with a specific angle that serves their arts audience.
Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised is hosted by Jen Smith. The show is categorised under arts (books) and has published 31 episodes.
Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised has published 31 episodes.
Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised regularly covers arts, books, fiction. It sits in the arts category, with a books focus.
Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised is accessible for guests with genuine arts expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
Episodes of Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised average 30 minutes. a focused format where a clear narrative arc and tight preparation matter most.
Our data rates Read the Damn Book; the Classics, Serialised's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
Methodology. Booking Probability™ blends Listen Score, 30-day Virality, open-to-guests detection, and Apple ratings. Data refreshed every 60 minutes. Listen Score and Booking Probability are calculated by PitchCentric. Last enriched 9 days ago.
