This is not another book club. I’m Marisa, founder and host of Le Salon Literary Discussions where I put my master’s degree in English literature to good use by creating all kinds of resources for avid readers like you—from monthly virtual book discussions to book club guides, decoding literary theory to book-themed cocktail recipes. In each themed podcast series, we’ll dive into different writers, books, genres, and more—all in 30 minutes or less. A new series of six episodes drops every season, so make sure to subscribe to know when a new episode is posted and follow me on Instagram @lesalonreads.
Le Salon Literary Discussions
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This is not another book club. I’m Marisa, founder and host of Le Salon Literary Discussions where I put my master’s degree in English literature to good use by creating all kinds of resources for avid readers like you—from monthly virtual book discussions to book club guides, decoding literary theory to book-themed cocktail recipes. In each themed podcast series, we’ll dive into different writers, books, genres, and more—all in 30 minutes or less. A new series of six episodes drops every season, so make sure to subscribe to know when a new episode is posted and follow me on Instagram @lesalonreads.
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April 20, 2025
Is Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera Worth Reading? In discussion with Jennifer of Literary Love 123
<p class="MsoNormal">In this special episode of the Le Salon Literary Discussions podcast I am joined by the intelligent, funny, and feminist Jennifer of Literary Love 123. Jennifer has a master’s degree where she focused on her love of the horror genre, and during my master’s degree I focussed on Gothic literature, so we’re well suited to bring you today’s discussion on Gaston Leroux’s novel The Phantom of the Opera!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Many of you may know the musical, but Andrew Lloyd Webber was inspired by a nearly forgotten French novel. You’ll hear what true stories from the Paris Opera House are in the novel, problematic aspects of the plot, how the novel is different from the musical, and how the novel fits into the literary tradition of Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Greek mythology and more!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong> </strong><strong>Follow Jennifer:</strong></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal">@literarylove123 on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/literarylove123/">Instagram</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@literarylove123">YouTube</a> / <a href= "https://www.threads.net/@literarylove123?xmt=AQGzSXzg6UGpkRFJlhwKie5L2XaeA_RgLyxh-gX2SvQKiMU"> Threads</a></li> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">Check out what she’s teaching next on <a href= "https://outschool.com/teachers/Jennifer-Smith-2020">Out School</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong> More bookish resources for you:</strong></p> <ul> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><a href= "https://www.literarysalon.ca/virtualbookdiscussions">Join the book club you’ve been looking for</a>!</li> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">Follow me on Instagram <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lesalonreads/">@lesalonreads</a>.</li> <li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><a href= "http://www.literarysalon.ca/">Visit my website</a>.</li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Books mentioned in this episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">By Ann Radcliffe: Mysteries of Udolpho; A Sicilian Romance</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Hades and Persephone in Greek mythology</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US">Frankenstein</span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US">by Mary Shelley</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US">Wuthering Heights </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">by Emily Brontë</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal">The Castle of Otranto <span lang= "EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">by</span> Horace Walpole</li> <li class="MsoNormal">By Edgar Allan Poe: The Fall of the House of Usher; Ligeia; The Raven; Annabel Lee; The Mask of the Red Death.</li> <li class="MsoNormal">What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher</li> <li class="MsoNormal">By Stephen King: Gerald’s Game; Doctor Sleep; The Life of Chuck</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson</li> <li class="MsoNormal">By Laura Purcell: The Whispering Muse; The Silent Companions</li> </ul>
November 14, 2023
S4:E6 | Modern Retellings of the Grimm Fairy Tales
<p class="MsoNormal">Alterations to the Grimm collected fairy tales have been ongoing since, well, the brothers began editing them in the early 1800s! The short tales lend themselves to a kind of metamorphosis that keeps them present across time and borders. In this episode we look at modern retellings of these established stories in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries that reimagine and reintroduce elements—creating new fairy tales for us to remember!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>[5:09]</strong> “A stark contrast to Grimm characters who had these traits of heroism and courage baked into their personality because they are male.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class= "apple-converted-space"><strong>[13:11]</strong></span> <span class="apple-converted-space">“This allows us to wonder: what if the step-mother didn’t want to be in the mother role at all? Maybe she just doesn’t connect with children.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>[17:27]</strong> “Some scholars claim that stories we are exposed to before our teenage years have a lasting impact on us, we absorb them in a way we don’t with stories read later in life.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Books mentioned in this episode:</p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Bluebeard’s Egg by Margaret Atwood</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Surfacing by Margaret Atwood</li> <li class="MsoNormal">My Mother, She Killed Me My Father, He Ate Me<span class= "apple-converted-space"> </span><span class= "apple-converted-space">[anthology]</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span class= "apple-converted-space">Uprooted</span> <span class= "apple-converted-space">by Naomi Novik</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span class= "apple-converted-space">Hunted</span> <span class= "apple-converted-space">by Meaghan Spooner</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal">Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi's</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space">How to Be Eaten</span> <span class="apple-converted-space">by Maria Adelmann</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span class= "apple-converted-space">Rouge</span> <span class= "apple-converted-space">by Mona Awad</span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal">More resources for you:</p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.literarysalon.ca/virtualbookdiscussions">Join the book club you’ve been looking for</a>!</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Follow me on Instagram <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lesalonreads/">@lesalonreads</a>.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.literarysalon.ca/">Visit my website</a>.</li> </ul>
November 7, 2023
S4:E5 | Symbols in the Grimm Fairy Tales and What They Mean
<p class="MsoNormal">This is going to be one of those episodes where once you hear about the patterns, you won’t be able to unsee them as you read the Grimm’s collected tales!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">In this episode we examine common symbols in fairy tales and tease out what they mean. What is so interesting is that these symbols—the rule of three, clothing, the forest, roses—create a subtext or language all their own in the stories making them incredibly interesting to analyze. {Here is the link to the Fashion Institute of Technology <a href= "https://exhibitions.fitnyc.edu/fairy-tale-fashion/">exhibit on fairy tale fashion</a>.}</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>[11:28]</strong> “While we might find fun sitting back and watching, there is undoubtedly a power dynamic and class consciousness aspect going on here with fashion at the centre.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>[15:21]</strong> “There is also something inherently magical about this wildness. It is a place of death and rebirth, decay and beauty.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>[22:14]</strong> “I believe it is this aspect that has kept works like the 1812 fairy and folk tales collected by the Grimm brothers interesting to readers and scholars alike.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">More resources for you:</p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.literarysalon.ca/virtualbookdiscussions">Join the book club you’ve been looking for</a>!</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Follow me on Instagram <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lesalonreads/">@lesalonreads</a>.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.literarysalon.ca/">Visit my website</a>.</li> </ul>
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