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Marlon and Jake explore why we're so eager to revisit the worlds of our favorite stories, asking whether great characters are better left where their authors left them—or if there's value in imagining what came before or after. Tune in as they unpack the appeal of sequels, the pitfalls of origin stories, and why some fictional worlds are more powerful when they remain a mystery.
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A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by Fay Weldon
Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Big Blonde by Dorothy Parker
The Tempest by William Shakespeare