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Explore the rich tapestry of language, identity, and cultural encounters in "Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest." This podcast invites listeners to delve into narratives that intertwine autobiography and fantasy, reflecting on the human experience through the lens of language and the diverse communities that shape it. Each episode features a new complete audiobook that echoes themes of wandering, existential inquiry, and the struggle for self-expression, resonating with the spirit of a restless seeker. This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations that illuminate the...

The Nun's Priest's Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by the 14th century Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Read in Middle English by Robert Ross.

In this captivating narrative, George Borrow—a self-taught English linguist, wanderer, and former bible salesman—blends autobiography, fantasy, and anti-Catholic critique to create a unique literary experience. Join Borrow as he traverses the picturesque landscapes of England, Scotland, and Ireland, chronicling his evolution from a curious young boy to a searching young man in the early nineteenth century. His passion for languages and aspirations as a writer and translator intertwine with his adventures as an itinerant tinker, all while he grapples with moments of deep existential dread. ...

A historical novel for children, which tells the story of several months in the life of the then famous Father Farmer, as he traveled a Mass circuit in Pre-Revolutionary, Colonial America. He faced much danger and and adventure, in order to provide the Mass and the Sacraments to Catholics who had not seen a priest in years.Father Farmer was a real life missionary priest during the 1700’s in what is now New England. In 1779 he was appointed as one of the first trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. He also had a reputation as a philosopher and astronomer in his time, and was a member of ...

Jeremiah has always a fascination to Christian hearts, because of the close similarity that exists between his life and that of Jesus Christ. Each of them was "a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief"; each came to his own, and his own received him not; each passed through hours of rejection, desolation, and forsakenness. And in Jeremiah we may see, beaten out into detail, experiences which, in our Lord, are but lightly touched on by the evangelists. There is an especial message in the ministry of Jeremiah for those who are compelled to stand alone, who fall into the ground to die, who ...

Irish-American Autobiography opens a new window on the shifting meanings of Irishness over the 20th century, by looking at a range of works that have never before been considered as a distinct body of literature, from celebrity memoirs from athletes like boxer John L. Sullivan and ballplayer Connie Mack - written when the Irish were eager to put their raffish origins behind them - to the painful diffidence of priest autobiographers.