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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74235106</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:01:11 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74235106/20644_gargantua_and_pantagruel_book_iv_franc_ois_rabelais.mp3" length="205208699" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry Fielding</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>25625</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/893379d7122fbcb18cd524eeef1f47be.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Story of Young Abraham Lincoln-Wayne Whipple</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/story-of-young-abraham-lincoln-wayne-whipple--74216589</link><description><![CDATA[I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74216589</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:01:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74216589/story_of_young_abraham_lincoln_wayne_whipple.mp3" length="143795288" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry Fielding</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74184054</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:01:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74184054/harper_s_young_people_vol_01_issue_39_july_27_1880_various.mp3" length="55744388" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry Fielding</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74016100</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:02:33 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74016100/john_donne_s_satires_john_donne.mp3" length="39822705" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry Fielding</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4972</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/893379d7122fbcb18cd524eeef1f47be.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Eskimo Folk-Tales-Knud Rasmussen</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/eskimo-folk-tales-knud-rasmussen--73987700</link><description><![CDATA[I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73987700</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:02:52 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73987700/eskimo_folk_tales_knud_rasmussen.mp3" length="118887012" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry Fielding</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>14846</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/893379d7122fbcb18cd524eeef1f47be.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Treasure Island (version 3, dramatic reading)-Robert Louis Stevenson</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/treasure-island-version-3-dramatic-reading-robert-louis-stevenson--73963128</link><description><![CDATA[I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73938482</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:02:36 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73938482/nigger_of_the_narcissus_version_2_joseph_conrad.mp3" length="167163035" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry Fielding</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73909755</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:03:01 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73909755/six_characters_in_search_of_an_author_luigi_pirandello.mp3" length="61992381" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry Fielding</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, nay, which I am certain he will, relinquish." 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While there are not many true villains in this tale, several key players are extremely sure they have right on their side, and don't mind expressing themselves with great gusto, while ever waiting in the wings is the author himself, ready to step forward and share his own thoughts on the action — and, indeed, on almost any other subject that occurs to him on the spur of the moment. - Summary by Peter Dann]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>15542</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/893379d7122fbcb18cd524eeef1f47be.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Running Water-A. E. W. 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