HeyJaredA History Geek's Reading Companion
What if the novels you love were windows into the world that shaped them? I'm Joanna Chavez, an amateur historian with a passion for literature and archival deep dives, and in this podcast, we explore the real history behind the fiction.Each week, I dig into primary sources…
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Teaser: Justice with a Capital J — Revisiting The Count of Monte Cristo (opens the original)
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In this teaser episode, I return to The Count of Monte Cristo and its most obvious theme, Revenge, but from a slightly different direction. What actually makes a person want revenge in the first place? And what happens when someone suffers not only terribly, but unjustly , knowing that the institutions of Justice meant to protect and admonish have completely failed? have they failed? This is a preview of a larger deep dive into The Count of Monte Cristo , the French criminal justice system of bo
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