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Lessons in Literature is a podcast about the life lessons hidden in our favorite stories.Hosted by Evie Hart — a lifelong lover of fiction — each episode explores a passage from a classic book and the deeper truth it holds for our real lives.
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A Lesson in Reality with Mabel Prowse (opens the original)
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In this episode of Lessons in Literature , we step inside Edith Nesbit’s The Enchanted Castle , where three siblings, a mysterious girl named Mabel, and one very magical ring blur the lines between imagination, belief, and reality. When Mabel tells a lie and insists that it isn’t a lie at all, but “fancy,” a simple moment opens the door to a much bigger question: what makes something true? Join Evie Hart as we explore why people lie, the difference between imagination and deception, and what hap
A Lesson in Meaning with Dorothy Gale (opens the original)
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In this episode of Lessons in Literature , we follow the Yellow Brick Road through L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to explore Dorothy Gale’s journey home and one of the story’s smaller but impactful lessons. We’ve all heard the saying “everything happens for a reason.” But what happens when life gives us experiences we could never call necessary or meant to be? Through Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, we explore the difference between believing something
A Lesson in Love with The Prince (opens the original)
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In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we journey into George MacDonald’s whimsical fairy tale The Light Princess; a story filled with clever wordplay, floating princesses, and a prince who may quietly demonstrate one of literature’s most beautiful examples of love. As we follow a princess cursed to live without emotional or physical weight, we explore a lesson that goes far beyond fairy-tale romance and then ask whether love begins with changing someone or with understanding them. Along the
A Lesson in Wonder with Edith Nesbit (opens the original)
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For our tenth episode, we're doing something a little different. Instead of learning from one of the characters, today's lesson comes from Edith Nesbit herself. Through Five Children and It , we explore the power of wonder, the difference between how children and adults experience the world, and why keeping a little room in our hearts for possibility might be one of the most important things we can do. Whether you've loved this story since childhood or are discovering it for the first time, I ho
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