In today’s episode we bring you extracts from a clutch of works that may be called classics. Some for the sheer power of their words and their layered depiction of humanity. Others because they’ve provoked us to discomfort—with ourselves and the social order. The six readings presented today come from very personal choices picked from the large ocean of what we may call classic literature. And from very personal definitions of the classic. We have Marlowe and Bronte, Nobokov and Sreelal Shukla, Ray Bradbury and James Baldwin—the last a searing epistle that seems particularly relevant today.
Work featured in the episode:
Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (read by Anjali Lal Gupta)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (read by Usha Raman)
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (read by Ram Ramaswamy)
Raag Darbari by Shrilal Shukla (read by Varsha Tiwari)
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (read by Rebecca Mathai)
My Dungeon Shook by James Baldwin (read by Sita Reddy)
The episode was co-curated by Sita Reddy.
Music from the track “To be Inspired” by Andrew, made available on www.euon.com
The sound of pages turning from www.freesound.org
The Classic Case