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Every book has two stories: the one it tells, and the one it hides.

The Secret Life of Books is a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious weekly podcast starring Sophie Gee, an English professor at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, formerly director of arts at the BBC.
Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story: who made it, their clandestine motives, the undeclared stakes, the scandalous backstory and above all the secret, mysterious meanings of books we thought we knew.
Just for example: did you know that Macbeth was a direct response to a terrorist plot against King James I—and Shakespeare himself was connected to the plotters? That Charles Dickens almost died in a railway accident in 1865, but climbed out through a window, rescued his mistress, tended to the sick and dying—then went back to retrieve the manuscript for Our Mutual Friend? That Jane"}],["$","meta","4",{"name":"keywords","content":"podcast,latest episodes,RadioTub,Secret Life of Books"}],["$","link","5",{"rel":"canonical","href":"https://www.radiotub.com/podcasts/station/3274357"}],["$","meta","6",{"property":"og:title","content":"Secret Life of Books | RadioTub Podcasts"}],["$","meta","7",{"property":"og:description","content":"

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Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story: who made it, their clandestine motives, the undeclared stakes, the scandalous backstory and above all the secret, mysterious meanings of books we thought we knew.
Just for example: did you know that Macbeth was a direct response to a terrorist plot against King James I—and Shakespeare himself was connected to the plotters? That Charles Dickens almost died in a railway accident in 1865, but climbed out through a window, rescued his mistress, tended to the sick and dying—then went back to retrieve the manuscript for Our Mutual Friend? That Jane"}],["$","meta","8",{"property":"og:url","content":"https://www.radiotub.com/podcasts/station/3274357"}],["$","meta","9",{"property":"og:site_name","content":"RadioTub"}],["$","meta","10",{"property":"og:locale","content":"en_US"}],["$","meta","11",{"property":"og:image","content":"https://www.radiotub.com/api/og?title=Secret+Life+of+Books&subtitle=Sophie+Gee+and+Jonty+Claypole&badge=PODCAST&image=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.buzzsprout.com%2F00hz0rt2oeoo4oxfolwol3qhagj8%3F.jpg"}],["$","meta","12",{"property":"og:type","content":"website"}],["$","meta","13",{"name":"twitter:card","content":"summary_large_image"}],["$","meta","14",{"name":"twitter:title","content":"Secret Life of Books | RadioTub Podcasts"}],["$","meta","15",{"name":"twitter:description","content":"

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Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story: who made it, their clandestine motives, the undeclared stakes, the scandalous backstory and above all the secret, mysterious meanings of books we thought we knew.
Just for example: did you know that Macbeth was a direct response to a terrorist plot against King James I—and Shakespeare himself was connected to the plotters? That Charles Dickens almost died in a railway accident in 1865, but climbed out through a window, rescued his mistress, tended to the sick and dying—then went back to retrieve the manuscript for Our Mutual Friend? That Jane"}],["$","meta","16",{"name":"twitter:image","content":"https://www.radiotub.com/api/og?title=Secret+Life+of+Books&subtitle=Sophie+Gee+and+Jonty+Claypole&badge=PODCAST&image=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.buzzsprout.com%2F00hz0rt2oeoo4oxfolwol3qhagj8%3F.jpg"}],["$","link","17",{"rel":"icon","href":"/favicon.ico","type":"image/x-icon","sizes":"16x16"}]]