Selected Shorts on Selected Shorts

Friends, if you love selected shorts, I think you should try Secret Life of Books, hosted by Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole. It's a great podcast for all of us who love books and reading. Take a listen. Is Wuthering Heights really a love story? Should you be afraid of Virginia Woolf? And most importantly, is Mr. Darcy handsome enough to tempt you? This is The Secret Life of Books. I'm Sophie Gee, academic and writer. And I'm Jonty Claypole, broadcaster and producer. In this podcast, we tell the story behind the story of the literary classics everybody wants to read, feels they should read, or has already read and loved. We reveal their secret histories, hidden players and big ideas behind the great books. We show how they came into being, why they matter and how they changed the world. The deeper we go, the weirder the questions. Is George Orwell's 1984, on some level, a comedy? Is Dracula the Freddie Mercury of horror? And why do so many literary honeymoons go wrong? Whether you're a committed book nerd or just curious about the history of ideas, The Secret Life of Books is the podcast for you.