The Trial of a New Society by Justus Ebert ~ ...

The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict. by Thomas Archer audiobook. Genre: history First published in 1865, The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict is a vivid work of Victorian social investigation in which Thomas Archer leads listeners through the streets, lodging houses, workhou ...  Show more

The Wild Irishman by T. W. H. Crosland audiobook. Genre: history The Wild Irishman is a brisk, combative work of social commentary in which T. W. H. Crosland sets out to explain Ireland as he saw it in 1905 for British and American readers. Rather than telling a fictional story, ...  Show more

Jake Bonner, the protagonist of Jean Hanff Korelitz’s “The Plot,” writes a novel based on someone else’s idea. The book becomes a big hit, but Jake has a hard ti ...

During her stormy and mysterious life, Eliza Haywood (1693?-1756) was one of the most prolific writers in England. Her "amatory fictions" were unapologetically sensationalistic, earning her the opprobrium of her mostly male critics. But in spite of being described (some might say ...  Show more

Paris Marx is joined by Anousha Sakoui to discuss the prospect of a writer’s strike later this year, what workers are fighting for, and how the move to streaming has affected working conditions and compensation in Hollywood.Anousha Sakoui is an entertainment industry writer for t ...  Show more

Shelley’s angry, violent poem was written in direct response to the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester in 1819, in which a demonstration in favour of parliamentary reform was attacked by local yeomanry, leaving 18 people dead and hundreds injured. The ‘masque’ it describes begins wi ...  Show more