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This is a detailed exploration of the references to music in the novels of Dickens: songs, instrumental pieces, performers, composers, and musical instruments. It also includes Dickens' interactions with musicians. - Summary by Warren Bergmann

Charles Baudelaire was a French poet whose work is described as combining an exoticism inherited from the Romantics with the Realism of other French writers of his time. The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du mal) is a book of lyric poetry and his most famous work. In it he expresses the changing nature of beauty in the rapidly industrialising Paris caused by Haussmann's renovation of the city during the mid-19th century. He coined the term modernity to designate the fleeting experience of life in an urban metropolis, and the responsibility of artistic expression to capture that experience. Les ...

Issue six of this seminal science-fiction magazine concludes the Ray Cummings story "Brigands of the Moon", and continues Murray Leinster's "Murder Madness". In addition there are three short stories, by various authors, and a short novel by Charles W. Diffin - Summary by Alan Winterrowd

Purported to be written by noted British Parliamentarian Charles James Fox as a result of a wager, this important and engaging essay is a meditation on the classifications of farts, the properties of them, the ingredients to consume in which to reproduce them as well as fascinating anecdotes of the various applications of wind-breaking in modern society. Join me in experiencing this fierce polemic...this call to action! - Summary by Ben Tucker

Gossipy exposés of shenanigans at the heart of government are nothing new. The author, Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648), was a courtier of years of experience and standing; his account of court intrigues around the Stuart Kings James I (1603-1625) and Charles I (1625-1649) was written seemingly in the tense period leading up to the English Civil War in the 1640s, and for a private readership (the printed text was not published until several years into the Commonwealth period, when the monarchy had been abolished, and he himself had died). This text, known as the source for the summing up of ...

Dive into the rich musical tapestry woven throughout the novels of Charles Dickens. This engaging episode uncovers the songs, instrumental pieces, and the fascinating world of musicians, composers, and instruments that inspired Dickens characters and narratives. Discover how Dickens interacted with musicians and how music influenced his storytelling. Join Warren Bergmann as he guides you through this melodic journey into Victorian literature.

This is a detailed exploration of the references to music in the novels of Dickens: songs, instrumental pieces, performers, composers, and musical instruments. It also includes Dickens' interactions with musicians. - Summary by Warren Bergmann

"Cinema Post Office" is your one-stop podcast for all things TV shows and movies, where every title is thoroughly analyzed, critiqued, and given its due verdict. Join us as we dissect the latest blockbusters, delve into cult classics, and debate the hidden gems of cinema. From dissecting plot twists to exploring character development, we leave no cinematic stone unturned. Whether a title deserves a return to sender or fast shipping to the Cinema Hall of Fame, we're here to deliver our verdict straight to your ears. Welcome to "Cinema Post Office" — where every film and series finds its place...

Comics Darryl Charles and David James join forces to form The Ambiguously Black Duo, a weekly podcast. https://theambiguouslybackduo.podbean.com https://twitter.com/AmbiguouslyDuo https://www.facebook.com/AmbiguouslyBlackDuo https://www.instagram.com/ambiguouslyblackduo/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOqSxTTyWE8PtJ48mX8GDvw Darryl Charles http://www.darrylcharlescomedy.com https://www.facebook.com/darrylcharlescomedy/ https://twitter.com/darryldarryl_ https://www.instagram.com/darryldarryl_/ David James https://www.youtube.com/user/davidjamescomedy https://www.facebook.com/davidjamescomedy/...

Bloomsbury presents Rogues and Scholars: Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000 by James Stourton, read by Charles Armstrong. The modern art market was born on a single night. On 15 October 1958 Sotheby’s of Bond Street staged an ‘event sale’ of Impressionist paintings from...

In Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain, Charles R. Cross, author of the New York Times bestselling Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, examines the legacy of the Nirvana front man and takes on the question: why does Kurt Cobain still matter so much, 20 years after his death?...

In this L.A. Theatre Works original commission, playwright Jeanne Sakata has created a new audio adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved classic. Mary Lennox is an orphaned 10-year-old who is sent to live with her uncle in his country house on the moors. Her new life is almost unbearable, but when she hears stories of the estate’s mysterious, abandoned garden she’s determined to discover its secrets.

In this L.A. Theatre Works original commission, playwright Jeanne Sakata has created a new audio adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved classic. Mary Lennox is an orphaned 10-year-old who is sent to live with her uncle in his country house on the moors. Her new life is almost unbearable, but when she hears stories of the estate’s mysterious, abandoned garden she’s determined to discover its secrets.

Three friends in various parts of the entertainment world talk smack to each other