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Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature fun & accessible!

Classic literature is now more accessible, comprehensible, & enjoyable for everyone. Want to explore the classics but can"t find time to read the much-loved titles? Are you a HS or college student struggling to keep up with your required reading? You"ve found the podcast! Please subscribe. https://anchor.fm/karla3507/subscribe CashApp: $KarlaReads Disclaimer: Per section 107 of the Copy Right Act, certain content may fall under Fair Use for purposes of criticism, commentary, news reporting,

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00:22:36

A Gathering of Old Men 17-19

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/10/15

http://anchor.fm/karla3507/subscribe CashApp $karlareads Thanks for listening! Alert - Explicit dialogue! In the final chapters, we learn that Griffin resigned as deputy mid-firefight; refusing to shoot white men over niggers. Lou is deputized and in charge as Mapes has been hit. We learn who died during the shoot out, who survived, what injuries were incurred, and even find some humor in the ensuing court proceedings. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:09:54

A Gathering of Old Men 16 Sydney Brooks - Coot

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/10/15

Please donate: anchor.fm/karla3507/support CashApp $KarlaReads Luke Will insists that Mapes send Charlie out. The men insist there will be no lynching tonight. Mapes thinks the men have empty guns, but Clatoo tells him that they're loaded and ready to fight Luke Will and his boys. The shooting begins, and Mapes is hit in the arm. Follow me on Twitter @ReadsKarla --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karla3507/message

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00:19:54

A Gathering of Old Men 15 Lou Dimes

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2021/10/14

PLEASE rate this podcast. In the car, Lou tries to tell Candy that Mathu being free of her is a good thing. Griffin reminds the men that they only have a few minutes to talk after which, Mathu will be taken to jail. Candy repeats that she killed beau. Everyone heads into Mathu's house where Charlie is waiting. Charlie repeats that he is a man, after 50 years. Charlie tells everyone what really happened between Beau and him in the field, and how Parrain was there to help him. Contributions

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00:30:43

A Gathering of Old Men 14 Rooster

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/10/14

Donate here: http://anchor.fm/karla3507 Or, CashApp: $JessTSM Mapes tells the men that Fix won't be showing up because Gil has talked him out of it. No one believes him. Rooster reveals that the men have been going to the toilet, and secretly loading their guns with shotgun shells. the men were ready for a fight, but now there appears that there won't be one and they are disappointed. The men want to talk alone, without Candy and this makes her angry. Mathu tells Candy to go home, and Lou puts her

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00:29:00

A Gathering of Old Men 13 Tee Jack

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/10/13

Please donate: http://anchor.fm/karla3507/support CashApp $KarlaReads Thanks for listening! Alert - This chapter contains explicit dialogue. Bar owner Jacques Thibodeaux, who once had a room in his bar called the "Nigger Room," plays "yes man" to Luke Will and his boys who are set on taking the law into their own hands after drinking at Tee Jack's place. They believe Mapes needs "help." A quiet customer at the bar, a teacher says that kind of thing, vigilante justice doesn't happen anymore, and

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00:48:09

A Gathering of Old Men 12 Sully

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/10/11

Please Donate here: http://anchor.fm/karla3507 Or, CashApp $KarlaReads Thanks for listening1 Gil arrives home and finds the house is full of friends and well wishers. Gil faces his father, Fix, who has been waiting for him so they can ride out to Marshall. Gil tells Fix that he has been to Marshall, and found old Black men with shotguns ready for any trouble Fix might bring over the death of Beau. Gil struggles to tell Fix that he is against vigilante justice, that the time for that kind of thing

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00:15:05

Gathering of Old Men Seg11 Lou Dimes

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/10/09

Donate here: http://anchor.fm/karla3507 Or, CashApp: $KarlaReads Tension mounts in the yard as dust stirs, indicating a car approaching. Mapes sends a bumbling Griffin to take cover, but it's only Miss Merle come to bring sandwiches and fuss at them. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karla3507/message

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00:23:12

A Gathering of Old Men Seg 10 Sully or T.V.

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2021/10/08

We meet Gil Boutan, Beau's brother. Gil and Sulley are friends. Gil plays football at LSU, and comprises half of a dynamic duo with Calvin Harrison, who is Black American. They are called salt and pepper on the field. The big game is in 36 hours. Sulley is called T.V., not for his initials, but because he loves watching tv. Gil learns that his brother Beau is dead, and he and Sully drive to Mathu's house. They see the old men and Gil asks Mapes what is going on. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:55:55

A Gathering of Old Men Seg 9 Rufe

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/10/07

Donate: CashApp $KarlaReads Gable, Beulah and others tell Mapes about loved ones they have lost to violence by white men, and how life used to be for them; how things were difficult but they loved and respected each other, and the work was hard but that they always managed to get it done. Tucker tells the gripping story of what happened to his brother, Silas. Contributions APPRECIATED through Listener Support, or the tip cup: $JessTSM Thanks for listening. 😀😀😀

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00:45:40

A Gathering of Old Men Seg 8 - Lou Dimes

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2021/10/05

Sheriff Mapes and his deputy arrive at Mathu's house. Mapes sees that Candy and the old men have gathered there. Candy tells Mapes that she killed Beau. Not believing her, Mapes tells Deputy Griffin to bring one of the men to him. Griffin brings Uncle Billy and Gable to face Mapes, one at a time, and both men claim responsibility for the murder. Neither man backs down even after Mapes hits them across the face. Reverend Jameson also faces Mapes, and all he can say is that he has nothing to say,

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00:31:19

A Gathering of Old Men Seg 6&7 Cherry & Clatoo

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2021/09/28

PLEASE rate this podcast. Per Candy's instructions, the men have gathered at Mathu's house, with their 12 gauge shotguns and number five shells. Candy explains to Clatoo (who drove the men there), that she killed Beau. Clatoo does not believe her. All the men begin to take blame for killing Beau, and Reverend Jameson tries to get Mathu to turn himself in, and for the others not to think Mapes will be fooled by their ruse. Contributions: CashApp

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00:23:25

A Gathering of Old Men Seg 4&5 Chimley and Mat

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2021/09/26

Chimley & Mat are fishing when Fue comes by to give them the emergency message that there has been a killing, and that Candy wants them to get their 12 gauge shot guns & number five shells and get over to Mathu's right away. The men know what this means for Black men, and say that they're too old to hide under their beds anymore. They silently gather their courage, go home to get their guns, and wait for Clatoo to pick them up. Their wives question them about where they're going. Mat has a serious,

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00:23:14

A Gathering of Old Men Seg 3 Miss Merle

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2021/09/25

Miss Merle goes to see Miss Bea and Janey to help Candy in her efforts to get more black men out to Mathu's house. Candy claims she shot Beau, who lays in a field. The idea is to get everyone and their 12 gauge shot guns and number five shells out there, so everyone is confessing to the crime. Contributions: CashApp $KarlaReads Thanks for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karla3507/message

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00:21:44

Gathering of Old Men Seg1&2 Snookum & Janey

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/09/25

(Gaines, E.J. 1983). http://anchor.fm/karla3507 CashApp: $KarlaReads Young George Eliot Jr, aka Snookum is seated at the table with the family eating turnips prepared by Gran Mon when Candy comes screaming into the yard. She's upset about something and asks Gran Mon to get Snookum. She instructs him to run through the quarters as fast as he can to tell certain people to meet at Mathu's house right away. Something has happened. When Snookum gets to Janey's house, she scolds him for screaming,

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00:14:12

A Tale of Two Cities Ch15Bk3 The Footsteps Die Out...

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/09/18

Dickens (1859) Thanks for listening! Sydney Carton faces the guillotine. He has given his life for Lucy. He gives strength to a young seamstress who is weak and afraid. The populace casually counts each head as it rolls. Carton, who everyone thinks is Darnay except the seamstress, is said to have a peaceful, remarkable, and notable countenance in his final moments. He believes he goes to a better place, and that he goes to a better rest than he has ever known. 😭😭 --- Send in a voice message:

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00:27:44

A Tale of Two Cities Ch14Bk3 The Knitting Ended

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2021/09/18

Dickens (1859) Lucie and family hastily leave France after Carton has switched places with Darnay. Madame DeFarge holds council with The Vengeance and Jacques Three, telling them that she no longer trusts her husband and that she thinks he is weak. She wants the heads of Lucie and little Lucie, and exacts a plan to visit them in their mourning to extract a negative word about the state that may be used against her. She goes to Lucie's house, demands to see Lucy, and has a fight with Miss Pross

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00:27:06

A Tale of Two Cities Ch13Bk3 Fifty-Two

Karla Reads the Classics - Making classic literature... ·

2021/09/16

Dickens (1859) Darnay paces in his cell and awaits the hour of his death. To his surprise, he is visited in the jail by Carton, who asks him to change clothes with him, and to write an unaddressed letter to make good on a promise he once made, which Carton dictates. Darnay doesn't think it will work, and there is no time to explain. Carton uses the meds he obtained from the chemist to render Darnay unconscious, and Barsad takes him out of the jail. When the jailer arrives for Evremonde, Carton

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00:19:24

A Tale of Two Cities Ch12Bk3 Darkness

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2021/09/16

Dickens (1859) Sydney Carton is working out some plan in his head. He goes to the wine shop and orders wine, and pretends to speak poor French when spoken to by Madame DeFarge. The DeFarge's comment how much he looks like Evremonde. The DeFarge's discuss when the revolution might end, and Mme DeFarge thinks not until all the aristocrats are dead. She reveals that she is the younger sister of the woman who was raped, and it was hjer brother who died by the sword of a nobleman. --- Send in a voice

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00:09:26

A Tale of Two Cities 3-Ch11 Dusk

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2021/09/16

Dickens (1859) Charles Darnay's fate is sealed and Barsad asks the jailers to let Charles and Lucie embrace one last time to say goodbye --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karla3507/message

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00:34:53

A Tale of Two Cities Ch10Bk3 The Substance of the Shadow

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2021/09/16

Dickens (1859) Dr. Mannette's letter is read to the court. He describes why and at whose hands he was imprisoned for so long. He recalls walking home and being stopped by a carriage and told his help is needed. He is taken to a house to attend a young woman with a fever, and a young boy who has been stabbed with a sword, only used by nobles. The woman and the boy are brother and sister. The nobles wanted the sister who was married. They killed her husband and took the sister. The young brother hid

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