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Kipling's insights into the American landscape and its people offer timeless reflections that resonate with anyone seeking to understand the complexities of society.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>10059</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3cf4bc8cefb1fee5ef8855b16a1c92ea.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Life in the Sick-room Essays by an Invalid - Harriet Martineau</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-in-the-sick-room-essays-by-an-invalid-harriet-martineau--72104234</link><description><![CDATA[Thinking she would be ill for the rest of her life, Harriet Martineau wrote these partly autobiographical essays about life in the sickroom. Considered ground breaking, it asserted that the sickroom is the sick person's place and not the doctor's. 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