On the Road with Penguin Classics

In this bonus episode, Henry introduces Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists, the perfect stocking-filler for book-lovers.Who had birds called Death, Wigs and Spinach? How do you spell the noise of a door slamming? Whose working title was The Chronic Argonauts?In this eclectic gallimaufry, Henry showcases some of his favourite literary lists: we witness the tragic ends of the Ancient Greek tragedians, learn the name of George Orwell's pet cockerel and rummage through Joan Didion's travelling bag; we consider the history of literary fart jokes, orbit the Shakespearean moons of Uranus and meet several pigs with wings. From the sublime to the ridiculous – and everything in between ­– Eliot's lists, recommendations and nuggets of trivia will delight, inspire and surprise anyone who loves reading.https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/448329/eliots-book-of-bookish-lists-by-eliot-henry/9780241562727

John Bunyan in Bedfordshire. The novelist Rachel Joyce joins Henry as they follow in the footsteps of Bunyan’s pilgrim Christian, as he walks from Bedford, or the City of Destruction, to London, the Celestial City. Along the way they visit the Slough of Despond (Elstow), the Palace Beautiful (Houghton House) and Vanity Fair (Ampthill). They start at the Bunyan Meeting House, where they meet John Pestell, and finish at Bunyan’s resting place, Bunhill Fields. 2022 marks the 350th anniversary of the Bunyan Meeting House on its current site. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (Penguin Classics)https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60345/the-pilgrims-progress-by-john-bunyan-ed-dr-roger-pooley/9780141439716https://apple.co/3rtwupL The Pilgrim’s Progress, read by David Shaw-Parker (Naxos Audiobook)https://naxosaudiobooks.com/pilgrim-s-progress-the-unabridged/https://apple.co/3dJ7Lu6 Rachel Joycehttps://www.rachel-joyce.co.uk/ The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joycehttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/413693/the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry-by-joyce-rachel/9780552778091https://apple.co/3BPScJe The Love Song of Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joycehttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/420794/the-love-song-of-miss-queenie-hennessy-by-joyce-rachel/9781784160302https://apple.co/3BKnW2p Maureen and the Angel of the North by Rachel Joycehttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/448497/maureen-fry-and-the-angel-of-the-north-by-joyce-rachel/9780857529008https://apple.co/3CcaGF2 Travel with John Bunyan by John Pestellhttps://www.dayone.co.uk/products/travel-with-john-bunyan John Bunyan Meeting House and Museumhttps://www.bunyanmeeting.co.uk/

Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon. The translator and biographer Richard Zenith meets Henry in Lisbon to sift the fragments of Fernando Pessoa’s extraordinary ‘non-book’, The Book of Disquiet. They visit the cafes where Pessoa liked to drink, they meet Clara Riso, director of the Casa Fernando Pessoa, and they walk from the hills of Lisbon to the edge of the River Tagus. 2022 is the 40th anniversary of the first, posthumous publication of The Book of Disquiet. The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, trans. Richard Zenith (Penguin Modern Classics edition)https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57066/the-book-of-disquiet-by-fernando-pessoatransrichard-zenith/9780241200131https://apple.co/3SjNQRq The Book of Disquiet, trans. Richard Zenith, read by Adam Sims (Naxos Audiobook)https://naxosaudiobooks.com/book-of-disquiet-the-unabridged/https://apple.co/3dIY9iY Pessoa’s poems, A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe, trans. Richard Zenith (Penguin Classics edition)https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/62448/a-little-larger-than-the-entire-universe-by-fernando-pessoa-trans-richard-zenith/9780143039556 Fernando & Co.: Selected Poems, trans. Richard Zenithhttps://groveatlantic.com/book/fernando-pessoa-co/ Pessoa: An Experimental Life by Richard Zenithhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/445182/pessoa-by-zenith-richard/9780141998299https://apple.co/3raTI3F Casa Fernando Pessoahttps://www.casafernandopessoa.pt/en/cfp Café a Brasileirahttps://www.abrasileira.pt/?lang=en Café Martinho da Arcadahttps://martinhodaarcada.pt/ Livraria Bertrand, the oldest bookshop in the worldhttps://www.bertrand.pt/livrarias/livraria-bertrand-chiado/900

E. M. Forster in Cambridge. The cultural historian Diarmuid Hester joins Henry to explore the streets and colleges of Cambridge before escaping to the greenwood to discuss Maurice by E. M. Forster, his novel of same-sex love that remained unpublished throughout his lifetime. Diarmuid and Henry visit King’s College, where Forster lived both as an undergraduate and an honorary fellow and they visit Madingley Hall and Madingley Dell. 2021 was the 50th anniversary of the first, posthumous publication of Maurice in 1971. Maurice by E. M. Forster (Penguin Classics edition)https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60370/maurice-by-ed--steven-d-levitt-em-forster/9780141441139 Maurice by E. M. Forster, read by Ben Whishaw (Audible audiobook)https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Maurice-Audiobook/B08CVRKWYHhttps://apple.co/3LNOqEF Diarmuid Hesterhttps://www.diarmuidhester.com/ Nothing Ever Just Disappears by Diarmuid Hesterhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/445054/nothing-ever-just-disappears-by-hester-diarmuid/9780241528457https://apple.co/3RgFU20 King’s College Archivehttps://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/archive-centre/e-m-forster-and-king-s Madingley Hallhttps://www.madingleyhall.co.uk/ Adrian Barlow’s article about Madingley Dellhttp://adrianbarlowsblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-threat-to-madingley-dell.html

Leonora Carrington in the Ardèche. The journalist and biographer Joanna Moorhead joins Henry in the south of France to discuss her cousin, the surrealist artist and writer Leonora Carrington. They trace Carrington’s life story to Saint-Martin-d’Ardèche, where she lived with the artist Max Ernst, and discuss her spectacular feminist, eco-apocalypse novel The Hearing Trumpet. Penguin Modern Classics edition of The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carringtonhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57481/the-hearing-trumpet-by-leonora-carrington-intro--ali-smith/9780141187990 Naxos audiobook of The Hearing Trumpet, read by Siân Phillipshttps://naxosaudiobooks.com/hearing-trumpet-the-unabridged/https://apple.co/3dOYfpp Joanna Moorheadhttp://www.joannamoorhead.org/ The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorheadhttps://www.virago.co.uk/titles/joanna-moorhead/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington/9780349008776/https://apple.co/3SCdDUU Leonora Carrington at the Tatehttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/leonora-carrington-7615 Leonora Carrington at the Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagenhttps://uk.arken.dk/udstilling/leonora-carrington/ Leonora Carrington at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico Cityhttps://mam.inba.gob.mx/leonora-carrington-cuentos-magicos Saint-Martin-d’Ardèchehttps://www.france-voyage.com/cities-towns/saint-martin-d-ardeche-29317.htm

Thomas de Quincey & William S. Burroughs in Soho. The novelist Will Self joins Henry in London to explore the opium dreams and heroin nightmares of Thomas de Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium Eater and William S. Burrough’s Junky. They walk from Oxford Street to Covent Garden, and along the way they also discuss The Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley and Will’s own 2019 drugs memoir, Will. 2022 is the 200th anniversary of the book publication of Confessions of an English Opium Eater. Penguin Classics edition of Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quinceyhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34581/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-by-thomas-de-quincey-ed--barry-milligan/9780140439014https://apple.co/3SDKmZI Naxos audiobook of Confessions of an English Opium Eater, read by Gunnar Cautheryhttps://naxosaudiobooks.com/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-unabridged/https://apple.co/3SgGjTB Penguin Modern Classics edition of Junky by William S. Burroughshttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57608/junky-by-william-s-burroughs-intro-oliver-harris/9780141189826https://apple.co/3UIuIOz W. F. Howes audiobook of Junky read by Mark Nelsonhttps://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781471212291https://apple.co/3ReJ3zt Will Selfhttps://will-self.com/ Will by Will Selfhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/176727/will-by-self-will/9780141046402https://apple.co/3r89gVZ W. F. Howes audiobook of Will, read by Will Selfhttps://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781528888219https://apple.co/3r8QZrh The Colony Room Club – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/13/from-francis-bacon-to-tracey-emin-soho-historic-colony-room-club-in-pictures William S. Burroughs and the Moka Barhttps://www.openculture.com/2014/12/how-william-s-burroughs-shut-down-londons-first-espresso-bar-1972.html

On the Road with Penguin Classics is the literary podcast that takes a stroll around the world's favourite books. In each episode, author Henry Eliot travels to a different literary location to explore a brilliant book in the company of remarkable readers.

Lewis Carroll in Oxford. The illustrator and political cartoonist Chris Riddell wanders the streams and streets of Oxford with Henry, visiting the locations that inspired Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. They meet Sophie Hiscock at the Story Museum and visit Christ Church College. Penguin Classics editions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carrollhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60348/alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass/9780141439761.htmlhttps://apple.co/34adQe5 Penguin audiobook of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, read by Katie Leunghttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1060348/alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass/9780241442425.htmlhttps://apple.co/3r1h1gQ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Chris Riddellhttps://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lewis-carroll/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/9781529002461 Through the Looking-Glass, illustrated by Chris Riddellhttps://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lewis-carroll/through-the-lookingglass-and-what-alice-found-there/9781529007503 The Hunting of the Snark, illustrated by Chris Riddellhttps://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/chris-riddell/the-hunting-of-the-snark/9781529006957 Chris Riddellhttps://chrisriddellblog.tumblr.com/https://twitter.com/chrisriddell50 The Story Museumhttps://www.storymuseum.org.uk/ Alice’s Shophttps://aliceinwonderlandshop.com/ Christ Church Collegehttps://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Yayoi Kusamahttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/181654/lewis-carroll-s-alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland--with-artwork-b/9780141197302.html