Immersion in a different time

Immersion in a different time

FROM VOL. 17
Literary critic Alan Jacobs considers the author Patrick O’Brian as perhaps the best historical novelist ever. (13 minutes)
Light is more powerful than darkness

Light is more powerful than darkness

An essay by medieval scholar Nicholas Babich explores works by priest and novelist Robert Hugh Benson that have been eclipsed by his more popular Lord of the World. Ken Myers presents an unabridged reading of Babich’s essay. (30 minutes)
Decadent Immortals

Decadent Immortals

What do Ann Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles have to say about human nature? Critic Alan Jacobs illuminates the deeper moral questions raised by Rice’s first novel, which she seems to abandon as the series evolves. (51 minutes)