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Hosted by Al Anderson and Jeff Scott · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 15 episodes
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In which two cranky old men discuss older books that are fun to read, for listeners who want to reconnect to a traditional popular culture.
Al Anderson and Jeff Scott hosts When Books Were Fun, a arts show with 15 episodes published.
In which we discuss the plays of William Shakespeare and why reading these plays can often be more entertaining and instructive than seeing them performed. whenbookswerefun@gmail.com Check out Al’s stories at sonrisestor
In which we discuss The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1749) and Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser (1969) and discuss how tales of adultery and misbehavior might actually be moralistic, most definitely so in T
In which we discuss novels about childhood, Penrod by Booth Tarkington (1914) and The Golden Age and Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame (1895 and 1898) and ponder what aspects of childhood are determined by historical time an
In which we discuss Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome (1889) and The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908) and contrast a (somewhat) factual account of three men (and a dog) boat
In which we discuss Homer’s Odyssey and why reading a poem that’s several thousand years old might be more entertaining that watching its movie adaption. whenbookswerefun@gmail.com Check out Al’s stories at sonrisestorie
In which we discuss some of the Freddy the Pig books of Walter R. Brooks and their depiction of the Bean farm and a traditional 20th century America, Freddy’s vocation as a detective, and his relationships with the other
In which we discuss children’s picture books in general, focusing mostly on the works of Dr. Seuss, and emphasize the importance of reading to children. whenbookswerefun@gmail.com Check out Al’s stories at sonrisestories
In which we discuss the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, focusing mostly on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892). whenbookswerefun@gmail.com Check out Al’s stories at sonrisestories.com. Check out Jeff’
In which two cranky old men attempt to convince you the listener that popular fiction used to be fun before publishing, libraries, and education became politicized and that traditionalists, homeschooling families, and an
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When Books Were Fun is hosted by Al Anderson and Jeff Scott. The show is categorised under arts (books) and has published 15 episodes.
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