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    CraftLit

    CraftLit — Annotated Audiobooks for Busy People

    Love classic literature…or wish you did?

    CraftLit is a weekly podcast featuring classic audiobook chapters paired with entertaining literary commentary that makes great books easier—and more fun—to understand. Host Heather Ordover explains historical references, vocabulary, and cultural context before each chapter so listeners can fully enjoy the story.

    Think of it as a global book club for classic literature, perfect for listening while commuting, crafting, walking, or doing chores.

    CraftLit has been in continuous weekly production since 2006, making it one of the longest-running literature podcasts. Listeners also send in voicemail comments that keep the show feeling like a lively reading group.

    Authors featured include:

    • Jane Austen
    • Mark Twain
    • Elizabeth Gaskell
    • Mary Shelley
    • Wilkie Collins
    • Alexandre Dumas
    • Robert Louis Stevenson

    Recent and current readings include Mark Twain’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford.

    Classic audiobooks—because loving great books in a busy world is tough.

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    Copyright: © (c) 2006-2019 Heather Ordover

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    72: Pt 6 — Tristan and Isolde Sep 28, 2007
    Show notes

    A magic dog. A tiny bell. And a ring that falls at the worst possible moment.

    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    15:00 – Isolde pulls off the cleverest oath in medieval literature

    30:04 – A magic dog, a tiny bell, and Isolde throws it all into the sea

    35:52 – Yes, there's a second Isolde, no, it doesn't make it better

    47:24 – Tristan marries the wrong Isolde and immediately regrets it when her ring falls off. Rough night.

    49:12 – A parody song summarizes the entire Tristan & Isolde plot to the tune of "Twisting the Night Away"

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    71: Pt 5 — Tristan and Isolde Sep 21, 2007
    Show notes

    Tristan and Isolde are living their best fugitive forest life but things are about to get very complicated. Very fast.

    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    36:11 – The sword-between-them symbolism

    43:08 – Tristan and Isolde decide to do the right thing

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    70: Pt 4 — Tristan and Isolde Sep 14, 2007
    Show notes

    Tristan's having a really, really bad day. Caught in the act. Bound with ropes. Sentenced to burn. And somehow that's not even the worst thing that happens to him.

    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    17:02 – Down the Wikipedia rabbit hole: what even IS a Morholt?

    18:49 – Welsh/Irish folklore, liminal space, and why Ireland = the underworld

    26:12 – Liminal space explained — doorways, bridges, boats, and love potions

    30:31 – The Aarne-Thompson tale type index: one man catalogued ALL of folklore

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    69: Pt 3 — Tristan and Isolde Sep 07, 2007
    Show notes

    No spoilers, but let's just say… moonlight reveals more than just shadows. 👀

    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    14:52 – The Tristan Stone in Cornwall — possible proof that Tristan was a real person

    16:42 – Kate the medieval scholar discuss courtly love 101

    17:17 – Courtly love started with Eleanor of Aquitaine basically inventing elaborate entertainment for bored noblewomen

    18:02 – The 31 Rules of Courtly Love, including "every lover turns pale near their beloved" (so love = mild illness, apparently)

    19:33 – The key point: courtly love was never meant to be consummated — it was a game of beautiful suffering

    26:48 – When did marrying for love become a thing? Spoiler: basically never, if you were rich

    27:10 – Kate's favorite medieval text: Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, where the heroine actually has agency (wild concept for the era)

    29:01 – Why authors tacked on preachy moral endings: the medieval version of "notes from the publisher"

    35:41 – Back to Tristan and Isolde: the love potion chapter, where fate does its worst via an unattended pitcher

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    68: Pt 2 — Tristan and Isolde Aug 31, 2007
    Show notes

    He survived the impossible fight. Then the sea. Then a dragon. At some point you have to wonder if the universe is trying to tell Tristan something.

    ------------------------------------------------------------

    00:00 - Intro

    5:46 – "Is Tristan a medieval hottie?"

    22:50 – Tristan vs. the Morholt

    35:35 – Cast adrift with just his harp

    38:14 – The sea takes him straight to Isolde

    46:11 – Dragon. Of course there's a dragon.

    52:31 – Isolde finds the missing sword piece. Uh oh.

    57:16 – She's for King Mark, not Tristan

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    67: Pt 1 — Tristan and Isolde (Start of Book) Aug 25, 2007
    Show notes

    Born in sadness, raised by strangers, shipwrecked by merchants, and somehow Tristan still ends up the most charming guy in the room.

    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    7:44 – New book! yay!

    7:51 – The 2006 movie was... not great (Rufus Sewell excluded)

    13:03 – So many versions of this story exist it's actually kind of wild

    14:25 – Oral tradition 101

    14:49 – The two flavors of Tristan: courtly (pure and poetic) vs. coarse (yikes)

    17:29 – Romantic love as an invention, and it started around the 12th century

    20:02 – The dog accidentally drinks the love potion. Yes, really.

    33:05 – Magic numbers in folklore and why they're worth listening for

    45:46 – The big reveal

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    CRAFTLIT - START TRISTAN AND ISOLDE HERE Aug 24, 2007
    Show notes

    Join us as we dive headfirst into the enchanting world of knights, love potions, and medieval mischief! That's right, we're setting sail on the high seas of romance as we explore the legendary story of Tristan and Isolde!

    If you're in the mood for a gripping saga with passion, intrigue, and a sprinkle of fairy dust, join us on this literary journey as we unpack the epic romance of Tristan and Isolde. We'll laugh, we'll cry, and we might just learn a thing or two about love along the way.


    CRAFTLIT - END OF A TALE OF TWO CITIES HERE Aug 17, 2007
    Show notes

    66: Bk Ch 15 — A Tale of Two Cities (End of Book) Aug 16, 2007
    Show notes

    First, once again, HUGE thanks to Julie who allowed me a much needed period of rest last week before the madness began again this week.

    I hope y'all scoot over to listen to Forgotten Classics too! (That Heyer woman is a hoot!)

    Things I rambled about: Kohlberg's Morality Stages (I mentioned this before, right? It's soooo kewl!), anaphora, Iago.

    And next...Tristan and Isolde! The High Drama of Chivalric Romance Will Commence!

    BUT WAIT! There's More! Julie, our guest host, had this to say about 300:

    Now, about 300. It is NOT like the Terminator movies. For one thing the photography is a thing of beauty even if you don't like the movie. For another, yes there is a lot of shouting and sword fighting but the emphasis is on love of a husband and wife for each other, for their family, their city, their country and their culture.

    Drawn in broad terms, granted, but we ARE talking about Spartans here. Not a lot of subtlety. As well as the comic book version. Also not known for subtlety. However, when we began watching it, it was clear that this movie was being drawn in heroic, epic terms. That made me instantly think of how the Spartans themselves would have thought and told the story ... in fact, the story is being told by a Spartan.

    Watching the whole movie as being seen through their eyes made the movie entirely enjoyable for me, as well as those themes mentioned above. Heavens, look at how much I wrote. Not that I'm passionately defending it or anything! :-D

    So! I stand corrected...and definitely intrigued!

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    65: Bk 3 Ch 14 — A Tale of Two Cities Aug 10, 2007
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    I'm on Vacation, but here are links Julie mentioned for y'all:

    • Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush (yes, I said Barbara Walker and I was so very WRONG!)
    • Cables Untangled (see the cover? THAT'S the afghan I'm knitting for Rose)
    • LOST Reading Project: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
    • Meanwhile, Back in the Kitchen
    • Forgotten Classics

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