On the Road with Penguin Classics

Penguin Random House UK

On the Road with Penguin Classics is a podcast that takes a stroll around the world's favourite books. In each episode, author and editor Henry Eliot travels to a different literary location to explore a brilliant book in the company of a remarkable reader.

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20 episodes
Updated Feb 1, 2024

Episodes20

Newest first

Feb 1, 2024 · 56 min
William Blake's poetry with Philip Pullman
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Jan 25, 2024 · 1 hr 11 min
Giovanni’s Room with Caryl Phillips
James Baldwin in Paris
Jan 18, 2024 · 1 hr 19 min
John Donne's poetry with Katherine Rundell
John Donne in London
Jan 11, 2024 · 1 hr 15 min
We Have Always Lived in the Castle with Ruth Franklin
Shirley Jackson in North Bennington, Vermont
Jan 4, 2024 · 1 hr 12 min
Angela Carter's Fairy Tales with Marina Warner
Angela Carter's Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
Dec 21, 2023 · 1 hr 12 min
A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow – Christmas Special 2023
Charles Dickens in London
Dec 14, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min
A Clockwork Orange with Jeff Noon and Andrew Biswell
Anthony Burgess in East Sussex
Dec 7, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
Farewell, My Lovely with Dick Lochte
Raymond Chandler in Santa Monica
Nov 30, 2023 · 1 hr 14 min
Frankenstein with Anil Seth and Fiona Sampson
Mary Shelley in Bath
Nov 23, 2023 · 1 hr 15 min
Pride and Prejudice with Monica Ali
Jane Austen in Chawton
Oct 31, 2023 · 45 min
The Haunting of Hill House with Ruth Franklin – Halloween Special 2023
Shirley Jackson in Bennington, Vermont
Oct 26, 2023 · 1 min
Season 4 Trailer
On the Road with Penguin Classics is the literary podcast that takes a stroll around the world's favourite books. In each episode, author Henry Eliot travels to a different location to discuss a great work of literature with a different guest. In series four, Henry's guests include Monica Ali, Katherine Rundell, Simon Callow, Marina Warner, Caryl Phillips, Anil Seth and Philip Pullman. They discuss the love stories of Jane Austen and James Baldwin, the fantasies of Charles Dickens and Angela Carter, the thrillers of Raymond Chandler and Anthony Burgess, the horrors of Mary Shelley and Shirley Jackson and the poetry of John Donne and William Blake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 1, 2022 · 21 min
Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists – Christmas Special 2022
In this bonus episode, Henry introduces Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists, the perfect stocking-filler for book-lovers. Who had birds called Death, Wigs and Spinach? How do you spell the noise of a door slamming? Whose working title was The Chronic Argonauts? In this eclectic gallimaufry, Henry showcases some of his favourite literary lists: we witness the tragic ends of the Ancient Greek tragedians, learn the name of George Orwell's pet cockerel and rummage through Joan Didion's travelling bag; we consider the history of literary fart jokes, orbit the Shakespearean moons of Uranus and meet several pigs with wings. From the sublime to the ridiculous – and everything in between – Eliot's lists, recommendations and nuggets of trivia will delight, inspire and surprise anyone who loves reading. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/448329/eliots-book-of-bookish-lists-by-eliot-henry/9780241562727 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 3, 2022 · 1 hr 7 min
The Pilgrim’s Progress with Rachel Joyce
John Bunyan in Bedfordshire
Oct 27, 2022 · 1 hr 12 min
Season of Migration to the North with Leila Aboulela
Tayeb Salih in London
Oct 20, 2022 · 1 hr 8 min
The Book of Disquiet with Richard Zenith
Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon
Oct 13, 2022 · 1 hr 10 min
Maurice with Diarmuid Hester
E. M. Forster in Cambridge
Oct 6, 2022 · 1 hr 14 min
The Hearing Trumpet with Joanna Moorhead
Leonora Carrington in the Ardèche
Sep 29, 2022 · 1 hr 15 min
Confessions of an English Opium Eater with Will Self
Thomas de Quincey & William S. Burroughs in Soho
Sep 15, 2022 · 1 min
Season 3 Trailer
On the Road with Penguin Classics is the literary podcast that takes a stroll around the world's favourite books. In each episode, author Henry Eliot travels to a different literary location to explore a brilliant book in the company of remarkable readers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.