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A Guest Worthy of Finest Incense (Middlemarch Books V + VI)

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The boys get weird as they peer into the furthest recesses of George Eliot's midlands world. In this episode, covering Books V + VI of Middlemarch, they talk more about class elements in the book, dig into the character of Bulstrode and what he represents about English religion, and get a little wacky talking about the books that appear within the book. Theme Music: "Shostakovich," by Mucca Pazza.

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