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London Review of Books
Close Readings
Close Readings is a new multi-series podcast subscription from the London Review of Books. Two contributors explore areas of literature through a selection of key works, providing an introductory grounding like no other. Listen to some episodes for free here, and extracts from our ongoing subscriber-only series.How To SubscribeIn Apple Podcasts, click 'subscribe' at the top of this podcast feed to unlock the full episodes.Or for other podcast apps, sign up here:
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“Great conversations between humble yet honestly intelligent people about fascinating topics, unobtrusively edited and crisply presented.”
Hattiehein via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/19/23
Shorts
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“It seems the full versions of the ‘Shorts’ episodes are no longer available? Is that correct? I’ve only just found the podcast and would love to locate the full versions. The link in the show notes doesn’t work for me.”
Barbaradelsol via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/23/23
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“I’m learning so much about a wide range of literature and look forward to listening. Thank you for sharing this.”
NeverBored. via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/15/23
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