The Norton Library Podcast
The Norton Library
4.8from 59 ratings
- 74
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 59
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About The Norton Library Podcast
Welcome to the Norton Library Podcast, where we explore influential works of literature and philosophy with the leading scholars and teachers behind Norton’s newest series of classics. In each episode, with a Norton Library editor or translator as our guide, we'll learn something new and surprising about these classic works—why they endure, and what it means to read them today. Hosted by Mark Cirino and produced by Michael Von Cannon, the co-creators of the Hemingway Society's popular show One True Podcast.
- Publisher
- The Norton Library
- Category
- arts · arts · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Mar 2023
- Latest episode
- 1 Jun 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 74 episodes have a transcript.
1 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Quintessential Russian Novel (Crime and Punishment, Part 1)
18 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why We Read Controversial Texts (Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part 2)
4 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tears with a Purpose (Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part 1)
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The Quintessential Russian Novel (Crime and Punishment, Part 1)
Published 1 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It is a mystery novel. As one wag once said, it isn't a whodunit because you know right from the very beginning who committed the murder. It's a why-he-done-it and you spend 500 pages examining possible motives for Raskolnikov's crime and ultimately He comes to acknowledge, not until the epilogue, why he actually committed the crime and faces the moral consequences of his act. Do you think Dostoevsky wants readers to sympathize emotionally with Raskolnikov or intellectually, philosophically? Where are our sympathies as we're reading this novel? Well, there's a wonderful scene when he's in the downstairs apartment after he kills the old woman and her sister. […]
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- Michael Katz
- Michael R Katz
- Susan M Ryan
- Emily Wilson
- Sarah Blackwood
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- 4.8 / 5
- 49 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 10 ratings
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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