The Secret Life of Books (Series 2)

Introduction to Laurie Lee (2:00) --

Slad (3:38) --

Lee's Little Cottage (2:54) --

Utopian Cravings (2:25) --

Prose Poetry (2:08) --

Making His Mark (2:29) --

Murder Mystery (3:50) --

Peace Day (2:08) --

Fermented Apples Under The Trees (2:12) --

"Mother" (4:27) --

Credits: Cider with Rosie (1:05)

Introduction to George Eliot (2:08) --

Maggie Tulliver (2:20) --

Mary Ann Evans (3:07) --

Forbidden Friendship (2:35) --

Married Man (3:00) --

Social Isolation (2:12) --

Publishing of "Mill on the Floss" (2:22) --

Guest and Goethe (4:05) --

Wealth And Wellness (3:12) --

Open Wounds (3:15) --

Credits: The Mill on the Floss (1:01)

Introduction to Edward Lear (2:00) --

The Owl and the Pussycat (2:00) --

Lull of Linguistics (3:22) --

Childhood Reflections (2:15) --

Lear as An Illustrator (2:48) --

Melancholy Fool (2:38) --

Taxonomy and Botany (2:14) --

Roots of Nonsense (3:48) --

Children's Pleasures (2:27) --

Picture-Poems (3:26) --

Credits: Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs: The Secret Life of Books (Series 2) (1:04)

Introduction to Edmund Spenser (2:59) --

"Mother Hubbard's Tale" (2:38) --

Poem Structure and Traditional Roots (2:16) --

Clues for Raleigh (2:39) --

Unlocking "The Faerie Queene" (2:25) --

Wandering Through (2:27) --

Inspiring the Noteworthy (2:12) --

A Lesson Twice Learned (4:57) --

Intellectual Honesty (5:17) --

Credits: The Faerie Queene: The Secret Life of Books (1:02)

Introduction to Arthur Ransome (2:04) --

Vision of Freedom (3:56) --

Lake District Childhood (3:45) --

Pirate Girls (3:26) --

Secret Territory (2:47) --

Captain Flint (3:45) --

Return to England (3:13) --

Living a Dream (2:54) --

Resolutions (2:10) --

Credits: Swallows and Amazons (1:10)

Introduction to Thomas de Quincey (2:00) --

Opium Expertise (2:19) --

Ubiquitous Laudanum (3:47) --

Purchasing Pleasure (2:00) --

Gothic Glamorization (3:54) --

Manuscripts (2:41) --

Opium Obstruction (2:23) --

Tightening Grip (3:23) --

Addicted and Impoverished (2:13) --

Unrealistic Revisions (3:22) --

Credits: Confessions of an English Opium Eater: The Secret Life of Books (Series 2) (1:51)