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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34 episodes
Updated Feb 1, 2024

Episodes34

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Mar 3, 2022 · 1 hr 8 min
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with Chris Riddell
Lewis Carroll in Oxford
Feb 24, 2022 · 1 hr 8 min
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie with Alan Taylor
Muriel Spark in Edinburgh
Feb 17, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
Keats's poetry with Andrew Motion
John Keats in Hampstead
Feb 9, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
The Blazing World with Michael Bravo
Margaret Cavendish beyond the North Pole
Feb 2, 2022 · 1 hr 14 min
Ulysses with Anne Fogarty
James Joyce in Dublin
Jan 27, 2022 · 58 min
Nineteen Eighty-Four with Robert Icke
George Orwell in Airstrip One
Jan 13, 2022 · 1 min
Season 2 Trailer
On the Road with Penguin Classics is a 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.
Mar 4, 2021 · 1 hr
The Mill on the Floss with Louis de Bernières
George Eliot in Nuneaton
Feb 25, 2021 · 1 hr 9 min
The Lonely Londoners with Susheila Nasta
Sam Selvon in Bayswater
Feb 18, 2021 · 1 hr 4 min
Tristram Shandy with Frank Cottrell Boyce
Laurence Sterne in Coxwold
Feb 11, 2021 · 1 hr 1 min
Mrs Dalloway with Alexandra Harris
Virginia Woolf in Westminster
Feb 4, 2021 · 1 hr 7 min
The Canterbury Tales with Patience Agbabi
Geoffrey Chaucer in Kent
Jan 28, 2021 · 50 min
The Woman in White with Olivia Vinall
Wilkie Collins in Cumbria
Jan 14, 2021 · 1 min
Trailer
On the Road with Penguin Classics is a new literary 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 ...