Book In
Book In is a podcast in which brothers Rupert and Charlie Fordham discuss all things English Literature. From Chaucer to the present day, covering drama, novels and poetry, they cover all the classics and much more, from the UK, Ireland, the US, Europe and the rest of the world. Informative but lighthearted, Book In is suitable for all readers, and will be helpful for students doing GCSE, A-Level and university English degrees as well.
Both Rupert and Charlie have been keen readers all their lives and both studied English at university. For many years Charlie taught English at GCSE and A-level.
Podcasting since 2025 • 38 episodes
Book In
Latest Episodes
The Great Tradition - F. R. Leavis
The Great Tradition - which are the greatest novels we have done in the podcast? What are the greatest novels in the English language? On Book In, we’ve covered quite a few over the last few months, and now we take a step back, and ...
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Episode 37
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Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf - Part 2
Charlie and Rupert continue their discussion of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. What effect had the First World War had on the rarefied circles in which Clarissa Dalloway moved, and were those experiences different to the rest of society? The n...
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Episode 36
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Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf - Part 1
At the age of 40 Virginia Woolf was a prominent figure in post first world war London. She had published several novels, and was a well known commentator and critic. She came from literary aristocracy - her father was Leslie Stephen, who had ma...
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Episode 35
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The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy - Part 2
In the second part of Book In’s episode on Thomas Hardy’s great novel The Mayor of Casterbridge, Rupert and Charlie look at the character of Michael Henchard - the qualities which enabled him to rise, and the faults that led to his fall. But is...
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Episode 34
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1:00:49
The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy - Part 1
Thomas Hardy lived an extraordinary life. He was born into poverty and obscurity in rural Dorset in 1840, yet when he died in 1928, he was rich and world famous. His funeral at Westminster Abbey was a quasi-state occasion, with all the leading ...
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Episode 33
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