Episodes

  • To The Rural Muse and Other Poems-John Clare

    To The Rural Muse and Other Poems-John Clare
    Aug 25 2026
    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers. Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers." - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Letters of Travel-Rudyard Kipling

    Letters of Travel-Rudyard Kipling
    Aug 24 2026
    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers. Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers." - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    7 hrs and 45 mins
  • Utopia (Robinson translation)-Thomas More

    Utopia (Robinson translation)-Thomas More
    Aug 23 2026
    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers. Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers." - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    6 hrs and 4 mins
  • Daughter of the Commandant-Alexander Pushkin

    Daughter of the Commandant-Alexander Pushkin
    Aug 22 2026
    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers. Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers." - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    3 hrs and 58 mins
  • Poems of 1912-13-Thomas Hardy

    Poems of 1912-13-Thomas Hardy
    Aug 21 2026
    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers. Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers." - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    32 mins
  • Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi-Yone Noguchi

    Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi-Yone Noguchi
    Aug 20 2026
    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers. Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers." - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • Love Songs-Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    Love Songs-Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    Aug 19 2026
    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers. Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers." - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • Poems and Some Satires of Andrew Marvell-Andrew Marvell

    Poems and Some Satires of Andrew Marvell-Andrew Marvell
    Aug 18 2026
    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers. Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers." - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    7 hrs and 36 mins