About this podcast
Lessons in Literature is a podcast about the life lessons hidden in our favorite stories.
Hosted by Evie Hart, a lifelong lover of fiction, each episode explores a passage from a classic book and the deeper truth it holds for our real lives.
Join Evie every other Monday on your preferred podcasting platform to explore the lessons and truths tucked inside its pages. Because within every story, there’s a lesson…not just for our minds, but for our hearts.
Episodes
- A Lesson in Aging with The Skin Horse · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 15In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we're revisiting Margery Williams's The Velveteen Rabbit and a wise, shabby Skin Horse who has a thing or two to teach us about becoming…
- A Lesson in Approval with Meg March · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 14In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we join Meg March on her wedding day in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, where a simple declaration, “I’m not a show, Aunty,” invites…
- A Lesson in Reality with Mabel Prowse · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 13In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we step inside Edith Nesbit’s The Enchanted Castle, where three siblings, a mysterious girl named Mabel, and one very magical ring blur…
- A Lesson in Meaning with Dorothy Gale · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 12In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we follow the Yellow Brick Road through L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to explore Dorothy Gale’s journey home and one of the…
- A Lesson in Love with The Prince · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 11In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we journey into George MacDonald’s whimsical fairy tale The Light Princess; a story filled with clever wordplay, floating princesses…
- A Lesson in Wonder with Edith Nesbit · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 10For our tenth episode, we're doing something a little different. Instead of learning from one of the characters, today's lesson comes from Edith Nesbit herself. Through Five…
- A Lesson In Respect with William and Elizabeth Robinson · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 9In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we're setting sail with The Swiss Family Robinson to uncover a small but foundational lesson hidden beneath the adventure. We explore…
- A Lesson in Active Empathy with Bobbie Waterbury · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 8In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we hang around a train station with Roberta "Bobbie" Waterbury and her siblings in the book The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit…
- A Lesson in Appeasement with Huck Finn · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 7In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we drift down the Mississippi River with Huckleberry Finn to explore an unexpected lesson hiding beneath the adventure: appeasement…
- A Lesson in Steadiness with Tom Sawyer · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we step into one of the darkest moments in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, when Tom and Becky find themselves lost deep…
- A Lesson in Loneliness with Mary Lennox · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 5For this episode of Lessons in Literature, we step into The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett to explore a lesson we’re often taught to avoid: loneliness. Through Mary…
- A Lesson in Grace with Great Great Grandmother · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 4In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we climb the winding stairs into The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. This Victorian fairy tale helped shape the foundation…
- A Lesson in Religion with John Manly · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 3In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we trot into Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty. This story appears gentle on the surface, but it carries one of the heaviest moral lessons ever…
- A Lesson in Generosity with the Bastable Children · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 2A Lesson in Generosity with the Bastable Children In this episode of Lessons in Literature, we follow the chaotic, clever, and well-meaning Bastable children in Edith Nesbit’s…
- A Lesson in Positivity with Anne Shirley · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 1Episode 1 – A Lesson in Positivity with Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables) In this debut episode of Lessons in Literature, host Evie Hart invites you into the whimsical world…
- SEASON 1 | Trailer || The Books That Raised Us · 2 min · Season 1When I was little, I didn’t fall asleep cuddling stuffed animals...I fell asleep surrounded by books. In the morning, my mom would find picture books piled in my crib, and I’d be…
- Trailer || Why Fiction Matters · 2 minWhy Fiction Matters Welcome to Lessons in Literature, a podcast that believes fiction is more than fantasy. In this trailer, host Evie Hart shares the heart behind the show: how…
