Bookylicious
Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 6 - 1876 - Dewey, Deronda, Snarks and Narnia
Published: 27 April 2026 at 11:41 Europe/London
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Episode notes
In this episode Paul and Gwyn chat about things created 150 years ago in 1876 including the publication of the Dewey Decimal Classification system; Daniel Deronda by George Eliot and The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll. Gwyn also steps through the wardrobe into the land of Narnia.
In the episode we mention Mike Batt's musical version of the Hunting of the Snark which you can find here https://open.spotify.com/album/0OmmGKeU2rnPx45RXRBOEd?si=8V-Qg3K6RGWaVQ1O2nG7aQ
We also mention The Book Club episode on Phillip Pullman's Northern Lights which you can listen to here https://open.spotify.com/episode/4vlzvFxlb1QnqsrIrwH4k7?si=f56a7c8408534468
And here is our bookshelf of some of the books we mention in this episode
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-5-episode-6-dewey-deronda-and-narnia?&new-list-page=true
