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Just Reads

Just Reads

By: Ed Parnell
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 Reads of classic stories, Occasionally reviews or brief biography of writers. But mostly me, reading stories.

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Episodes
  • Saturday-ish Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Chapter 7, Part 4

    Saturday-ish Night Serial - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Chapter 7, Part 4
    Jan 11 2026
    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922.

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    13 mins
  • Book of the Week - The Benefits of Farting Explain'd

    Book of the Week - The Benefits of Farting Explain'd
    Jan 10 2026
    Oh, the cutting of the cheese given a fresh perspective in this highly immersive and fragrant work.

    Purchase your copy, get them while they're hot

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    3 mins
  • JFK inaugural speech, 20 January 1961

    JFK inaugural speech, 20 January 1961
    Jan 7 2026
    I thought it would be apposite to look back to the values America espoused at the beginning of the 1960's.

    Yes, I know I am British, but it's the message JFK put out to the world. It's the words which matter.

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    9 mins
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