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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 Host Heather Ordover explains historical references, vocabulary, and cultural context before each chapter so listeners can fully enjoy the story.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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    658: Chs 19-21 — Emma May 31, 2024
    Show notes

    Ep. 658: Huswifs | Chapters 19-21 / Volume 2, Chapters 1-3

    Book talk begins at 11:35.

    This week, we chat with a woman who talks in hilariously long, winding sentences, often interrupting herself and losing her train of thought. Oh, and her niece—with a heartwarming backstory—joins us too!

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    • Get a "Piece of my Peace of Mind" pocket at my *Relentlessy Curious* shop over on Etsy.

    • Jake's Floppy Links shop on Etsy (these are THE BEST—quiet!—fidget toys)

    • Huswif

    • Crossed Letters

    • How to make a Spencer out of a modern blazer

    • Emma Chapter 19-21 / Volume 2, Chapters 1-3

    • Visit Aimee's shop @JaneeceDesignStudio on Etsy.

    • Heather's wall hanging IS for sale at Etsy.

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    • Check out the list of previous CraftLit Classics here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH5KQOG-Hv7CLhMgf721No4uYK98ZAtK/view?usp=sharing

    Support the show links:

    Subscribe to the Premium feed (on the app) here: bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit or on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CraftLit (same price, $5/month)

    • Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)

    • Call 1-206-350-1642


    657: Chs 16-18 — Emma May 24, 2024
    Show notes

    Ep. 657: Miasmic

    Book talk begins at 14:31.

    Emma attempts damage control while Mr. Knightley's prejudice against a particular stranger surprises our heroine.

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    • Join our raffle giveaway of Aimee's Emma tote bag and What Would Jane Do? Mug!

    and visit Aimee's shop @JaneeceDesignStudio on Etsy.

    • Heather's wall hanging IS for sale at Etsy.

    • Map showing the location of Weymouth

    • Jane Austen Sewing Box book (the Jane Austen craft book I was talking about)

    • iPad Case pics

    • Cushions in the Regency Era (in reference to the carpet work stuff I talked about last week)

    • Carpet Work photo from Victoria and Albert Museum

    • Panel from a table carpet showing the Four Continents, the Seasons, and Four Planets from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    • Carpet Work Sampler from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    • Check out the list of previous CraftLit Classics here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH5KQOG-Hv7CLhMgf721No4uYK98ZAtK/view?usp=sharing

    Support the show links:

    Subscribe to the Premium feed (on the app) here: bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit or on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CraftLit (same price, $5/month)

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    • Call 1-206-350-1642


    656: Chs 13-15 — Emma May 17, 2024
    Show notes

    Ep. 656: Sampled

    Book talk begins at 14:31.

    John Knightley complains about the cold while Mr. Elton does something surprising. 😨

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    • Join our raffle giveaway of Aimee's Emma tote bag and What Would Jane Do? Mug!

    and visit Aimee's shop @JaneeceDesignStudio on Etsy.

    • Clip from Jane Austen vs Emily Brontë: The Queens of English Literature Debate with Dominic West When you watch the full video, know that the actors are: —Samuel West (SO good right now in the Slow Horses series), —Eleanor Tomlinson (who—after this—played a marvelous Demelza in the Poldark reboot), —Mariah Gale (who seriously, is the ONLY Ophelia I've ever thought was worth her salt—it's worth it to track the David Tenant recording of their Hamlet), and —Dominic West (who you don't hear in the Emma scene, but is excellent at everything. If you haven't seen him read Yeats before you've missed out.

    Please visit the Intelligence Squared channel on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Intelligence-Squared for this and many other videos that could have been made for the CraftLitterati. Enjoy!

    • How Schoolgirl Samplers Created a Remarkable History with Alexandra Peters

    • Yo-Yo Quilt puffs on Denim—Heather's wall hanging IS for sale at Etsy.

    • Birthday Card

    CraftLit's socials:

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    • Email: heather@craftlit.com

    • Check out the list of previous CraftLit Classics here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH5KQOG-Hv7CLhMgf721No4uYK98ZAtK/view?usp=sharing

    Support the show links:

    Subscribe to the Premium feed (on the app) here: bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit or on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CraftLit (same price, $5/month)

    • Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)

    • Call 1-206-350-1642


    655: Ch 12 — Emma May 10, 2024
    Show notes

    Ep. 655: Brick

    Book talk begins at 15:02.

    Fainting fits, Mr. Woodhouse's quirks and whims, and a cure-all remedy? All in this week's episode!

    (And Belated Happy Birthday to Heather! 😁 — Valkyrie and Erik)

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    • Join our raffle giveaway of Aimee's Emma tote bag and What Would Jane Do? Mug!

    • Brick Pics

    • Map

    • Bags and fabric from Auntie Cheryl

    • Eye of Fatima/Hamsa from my other Auntie

    • Aquetong spring park

    • Watercolor and reference photo

    CraftLit's socials:

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    • Email: heather@craftlit.com

    • Check out the list of previous CraftLit Classics here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH5KQOG-Hv7CLhMgf721No4uYK98ZAtK/view?usp=sharing

    Support the show links:

    Subscribe to the Premium feed (on the app) here: bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit or on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CraftLit (same price, $5/month)

    • Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)

    • Call 1-206-350-1642


    654: Ch 10-11 — Emma May 03, 2024
    Show notes

    Ep. 654: Speed Bumps

    Book talk begins at 8:41.

    We hit Emma's famous "I need not marry" speech that you see in every adaptation of Emma!

    And when it comes to making moves with Harriet, Elton moves at a snail's pace. But Emma persists and is determined to make this match a reality, despite having little interest in getting married herself.

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    • Tree pollarding

    • Carpet work

    • Carpet work 2

    • Knit your own garters

    • (Smiling) punctuation

    • Pratt Munson anime club stickers

    CraftLit's socials:

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    • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit

    • Email: heather@craftlit.com

    • Check out the list of previous CraftLit Classics here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH5KQOG-Hv7CLhMgf721No4uYK98ZAtK/view?usp=sharing

    Support the show links:

    Subscribe to the Premium feed (on the app) here: bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit or on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CraftLit (same price, $5/month)

    • Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)

    • Call 1-206-350-1642


    653: Ch 9 — Emma Apr 24, 2024
    Show notes

    Ep. 653: I've Been Sandersoned

    Book talk begins at 4:34.

    Today is a standalone chapter! Covering commonplace books, enigmas, and riddles. This may be one of the only chapters in Emma where I actually feel sorry for Elton.

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    • Last chance to join our raffle giveaway of Susan's bookmark and coaster set!

    • Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

    • Ridicule Movie

    • How To Fold a Quarto

    • K3N Making a Commonplace Book• Lacta Alea Est (The Die is Cast)

    • "Kitty, a fair but frozen maid…" Riddle Essay by the Jane Austen Society

    • Riddles in chapter order

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    • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023

    *SUPPORT THE SHOW!*

    • CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available)

    • PATREON: https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below)

    ——Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App

    ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties

    ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties

    *All tiers and benefits are also available as*

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    —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit

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    *IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.

    • Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)

    • Call 1-206-350-1642


    652: Chs 6-8 — Emma Apr 19, 2024
    Show notes

    Ep. 652: Valid, But Not Sound

    Book talk begins at 9:54.

    Emma does a lot of Emma-ing. Her arguments are valid and shared with great conviction, but are they true?

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    • Join our raffle giveaway of Susan's bookmark and coaster set!

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    • Ardently Austen Fabric by Amanda Herring

    • Argument Validity and Soundness

    • Free Indirect Style

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    Support the show links:

    Subscribe to the Premium feed (on the app) here: bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit or on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CraftLit (same price, $5/month)

    • Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)

    • Call 1-206-350-1642

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    We use royalty-free music from the YouTube Creator's Library. Other music heard on CraftLit downloaded from (now defunct) Free Podsafe Music site "Garage Band":

    • Opening Music: Joshua Christian, "Chasing Hiro: Sailing the Gale"

    • Closing Music: Matthew Shell, "Love Part Two (Original Mis)"

    CraftLit makes a small commission from sales made through any product links above.


    651: Chs 4-5 — Emma Apr 12, 2024
    Show notes

    Ep. 651: Confirmation Bias

    Book talk begins at 8:16

    Emma's matchmaking prowess is in full swing! Will her plans for Harriet end in a fairytale ending, or is disaster lurking just around the corner? And who is this guy named Frank?

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    • Join the raffle giveaway of Susan's bookmark and coaster set!

    • Anna Worden's Mini-Booklets

    • Elegant Extracts edited by Vicesimus Knox

    • The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe

    • The Children of the Abbey by Regina Maria Roche

    • Info on Hazel Eyes

    CraftLit's socials:

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    • Check out the list of previous CraftLit Classics here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH5KQOG-Hv7CLhMgf721No4uYK98ZAtK/view?usp=sharing

    Support the show links:

    Subscribe to the Premium feed (on the app) here: bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit or on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CraftLit (same price, $5/month)

    • Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)

    • Call 1-206-350-1642


    650: Chs 1-3 — Emma (Start of Book) Apr 05, 2024
    Show notes

    Ep. 650: In Memoriam

    Book talk begins @ 15:34

    Time to meet our delightful and bubbly (did we also mention meddlesome?) protagonist!

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    • This month's giveaway: Susan's bookmark and coaster set!

    • Highbury Family-Tree Chart

    • Plum Deluxe Loose Leaf Tea on Instagram | YouTube

    • Balls of Regency Era

    • Adapt or Perish: Emma, Part 1 (Ep. 85) on Apple Podcasts

    • Adapt or Perish: Emma, Part 2 (Ep. 86) on Apple Podcasts

    • (9713) Adapt or Perish 86: Emma, Part 2 - YouTube (?!)

    • Jane Austen Archives - The History Chicks

    • Episode 38: Jane Austen

    • Jane Austen

    • Kansas City podcast 'The History Chicks' has grown a global following around women's history | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

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    • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023

    *SUPPORT THE SHOW!*

    • CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available)

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    ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties

    ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties

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    649: Introduction — Emma Mar 29, 2024
    Show notes

    We are finally back! 🥳

    But before we dive into all things Emma, we're peeking behind the curtain today to discover all the juicy stuff to better understand Jane Austen's world when she wrote Emma.

    Buckle up, because this is going to be one heck of a ride.

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    • This month's giveaways: Susan's bookmark and coaster set!

    • My smock shirt

    • K3N Clothtales: Her Weekly Stitch Journal

    • Bibliography (join me!)

    • Jane Austen Map and https://jhupress.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/jane-austen-on-location/

    • All the names

    • And the rest of the Family Infos

    • A sweet map you can get on Etsy

    • JASNA's maps of the novels

    • 1995 book's map of hypothetical Highbury

    • Cute, if flawed map

    • Detailed Jane information

    • ALL things Wentworth Woodhouse

    • Nabokov's Notes

    • Free Indirect Speech – 3rd person: I got my examples here, but this amazing interactive site covers the whole text

    • 1809 Chawton House

    • Jane Austen died of… several journals have thoughts:

    • 2005

    • 2009

    • 2021

    • Some nifty follies: a Doric Temple and more

    • then from a rival estate

    • and the Wentworth Castle feud story

    • Peerage links for the families:

    • Darcy

    • Fitzwilliam

    • Wentworth

    • Woodhouse

    • Watson

    • Leigh

    • Vernon

    • Brydges

    • Chandra Levy Story

    MyBib—Works Consulted:

    • Park Honan, Jane Austen: Her Life: The Definitive Portrait of Jane Austen: Her Life, Her Art, Her Family, Her World

    • Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England - Roy and Leslie Adkins

    • What Matters in Jane Austen: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved — John Mullen and his fun lecture with the four actors (___dude, Poldark, Opelia, Dominic West)

    • Jane Austen's letters—Dierdre Le Faye

    • History, Location, and Celebrity: Matters of Fact in Jane Austen — Janine Barchas

    • Plus Barchas' two articles that I found: https://www.press.jhu.edu/newsroom/reading-jane-austen-vladimir-Nabokov and https://jhupress.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/jane-austen-on-location/

    *CraftLit's Socials*

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    • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023

    *SUPPORT THE SHOW!*

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    *IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.

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    • Call 1-206-350-1642


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