The Audio Book Club: Pride and Prejudice

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The Audio Book Club: Pride and Prejudice

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Feb 1, 2013

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Slate’s David Plotz, Julia Turner, and Seth Stevenson celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novel on its 200th birthday.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Feb 1, 2013

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Join Slate's critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively - and sometimes heated - debates about the works. Part of the Panoply Network.

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DoubleX Audio Book Club: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin and Emily Bazelon, along with The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot, discuss Rebecca Skloot's new non-fiction book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: Raymond Carver Stories: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson compare two versions of a story by Raymond Carver - "The Bath," and "A Small Good Thing." One version was heavily edited by Gordon Lish. by Slate Books
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