Podcast Literature Note: Cranford
Date: 2025-07-04
Episode and Title
episode 691 - DEAR READER
Time code: “Episode 691, Book Talk begins at . . Cranford begins with episode 679“
Book
Cranford
Chapters
- Starting Chapter: 13
Patrons
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00:00 Start of Episode
Raffle Item
02:00 JULY - Botanical Knits: 12 Designs inspired by trees and foliage by Alana Davos of Never Not Knitting
18:20 THIS WEEK’S TEA: Bookshop Blend
- ==please put this link on screen and in shownotes: https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea==
A-Block-Crafty Chat Notes
- 04:00 Dear Reader Game (iOS only So far) https://www.dearreadergame.com/press
- 10:05 Don’t forget to send us your crafty videos
- 10:45 Korean thimbles: I cobbled together a way to do it by combining this, and this, and this. ==Aldrin-I have video of this and the raffle book(s) here in the Dropbox—https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dukfpbx65ffk26jwayt9g/Korean-Thimble-and-July-Aug-Sept-Book-video.MP4?rlkey=cnlkotjnqzeg2oys8bpsxd3rw&dl=0 - however the thimble photo you found is perfect, ignore my video!==
- 13:00 Knit Nation - I got the first three issues…I’ll let you know.
- 14:20 I also stumbled on an interesting Hogarth video that includes a bit on the Rake’s Progress which I mentioned several weeks ago: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GTg9CzvNWvw&si=9Tx4jwObCk5VLrYB
- 15:00 Here’s the Washington Post review of Frankenstein at STC and I THINK this is a gift link so you can read it without an account!
- Future bonus episode coming on my thoughts about the whys and why nots behind So Much Frank — that will be out after the **Guillermo del Toro Netflix version (“This November Only Monsters Play God”) Oscar Isaac, Charles Dance (TULKINGHORN!), and Christoph Waltz (hell yeah!).
- Future bonus episode coming on my thoughts about the whys and why nots behind So Much Frank — that will be out after the **Guillermo del Toro Netflix version (“This November Only Monsters Play God”) Oscar Isaac, Charles Dance (TULKINGHORN!), and Christoph Waltz (hell yeah!).
POLL QUESTION - there are several other Cranford-adjacent stories that E Gaskell wrote - would you like me to do those right after we’re done with Cranford?
KALL8 Calls
(playing them at end)
19:20 Pre-hash Notes
- 19:30 welly stawed = well-stopped or well-stuffed
- 21:30 Shawl - 30 shillings (machine made) which would be £1.10 using historical economic calculators (e.g., the UK National Archives or measuringworth.com): - 30 shillings in 1845 ≈ £85–£120 today (2025 GBP) depending on the method (retail price index vs. average earnings).
25:20 C-Block Book Audio /
Post-chapter Notes
- 55:55 Annotations said “green tea was FERMENTED tea” - nope, just partially oxidized then the process was halted, whereas Black teas were FULLY oxidized.
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BOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025:
- Last Thursday of every month, 8pm Eastern:
Jan—All About Eve (Buckle up!)Feb—Rebecca(book)Mar—Rebecca(movie —if requested, a double feature of Hitchcock’s version vs the 2020 remake)Apr—Thin Man(book)May—Thin Man~~(movie —- ~~Jun—Princess Bride (book—there are many versions - Heather has notes on which Forward to read) ~~
- Jul—Princess Bride (movie)
- Aug—The Last Unicorn (book)
- Sep—The Last Unicorn (movie)
- Oct—Random Harvest (book)
- Nov—Random Harvest (movie)
- Dec—Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (book)