Audio only
How to Read Novels Like a Professor
A Jaunty Exploration of the World’s Favorite Literary FormBy Thomas C. FosterNarrated by Tristan WrightLength10h 22m
About this audiobook
The follow-up and companion volume to the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor—a lively and entertaining guide to understanding and dissecting novels to make everyday reading more enriching, satisfying, and fun
Of all the literary forms, the novel is arguably the most discussed . . . and fretted over. From Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote to the works of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and today’s masters, the novel has grown with and adapted to changing societies and technologies, mixing tradition and innovation in every age throughout history.
Thomas C. Foster—the sage and scholar who ingeniously led readers through the fascinating symbolic codes of great literature in his first book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor—now examines the grammar of the popular novel. Exploring how authors’ choices about structure—point of view, narrative voice, first page, chapter construction, character emblems, and narrative (dis)continuity—create meaning and a special literary language, How to Read Novels Like a Professor shares the keys to this language with readers who want to get more insight, more understanding, and more pleasure from their reading.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (5.6K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing, StoryGraph
GenreLiterary Classics, Other
Length10 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byTristan Wright
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 7, 2025
LanguageEnglish
More from Thomas C. Foster
How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]Thomas C. Foster11h 40m3.9 (34K)$8 · $0.00
How to Write Like a WriterThomas C. Foster8h 13m4.0 (338)$26 · $0.00
Reading the Silver ScreenThomas C. Foster11h 43m3.6 (380)$29 · $0.00
Twenty-five Books That Shaped AmericaThomas C. Foster12h 2m3.8 (652)$29 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 50m4.6 (1.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust16h 8m4.5 (10.6K)$1.99 · $0.00
Lessons in TruthH. Emilie3h 50m4.6 (1.4K)$4.70 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomery11h 1m4.5 (1.2M)$2.30 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The North American IndianEdward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge6h4.5 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version (Annotated)Oscar Wilde16h 12m4.5 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
Grimoire Of The Everyday WitchIsadora Lys / Virginia Santos5h 35m4.5 (3.9K)$9 · $0.00
Winnie-the-PoohAlan Alexander Milne2h 52m4.5 (401.1K)$3 · $0.00
Sitting PrettyRebekah Taussig7h 33m4.5 (18.9K)$26 · $0.00
The Poetic Edda & The Prose EddaSnorri Sturluson, Saemund Sigfusson9h 34m4.5 (4K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Satires & Essays of Mark Twain (Annotated)Mark Twain23h 21m4.5 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideLucy Maud Montgomery10h 58m4.5 (46.7K)$1 · $0.00
Mere ChristianityC. S. Lewis7h 7m4.4 (519.7K)$24 · $0.00
Her Daily BreadKate Wood12h 57m4.6 (153)$33 · $0.00
The Holy Bible - 1 SamuelKing James2h 13m4.8 (1.6K)$3 · $0.00
The American Standard Bible — The Gospel of MatthewMatthew3h 56m4.7 (3K)$2 · $0.00
Bad Fat Black GirlSesali Bowen6h 32m4.7 (2.8K)$24 · $0.00
The King James Audio Bible New Testament CompleteChristopher Glyn20h 2m4.7 (2.6K)$12 · $0.00
Faiths CheckbookCharles Spurgeon12h 44m4.7 (3.2K)$11 · $0.00
Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Your Child's Mental HealthDr. Billy Garvey4h 53m4.7 (2.4K)$20 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m4.7 (343)$20 · $0.00
The Chosen Book OneAmanda Jenkins, Kristen Hendricks, Dallas Jenkins3h 8m4.6 (4.9K)$10 · $0.00
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m4.6 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of LukeJ.C. Ryle27h 13m4.7 (536)$18 · $0.00
CrossroadsKaleb Dahlgren7h 56m4.6 (4.9K)$26 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m4.6 (927)$29 · $0.00
Brain Training for RidersAndrea Monsarrat Waldo5h 56m4.7 (550)$19 · $0.00
My Effin' LifeGeddy Lee17h 11m4.6 (13.1K)$40 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m4.6 (678)$29 · $0.00
The Elementia Chronicles #2: The New OrderSean Fay Wolfe11h 17m4.6 (841)$29 · $0.00
The ActsLuke2h 55m4.6 (19.7K)$12 · $0.00
New Testament - Easy NavigationWorld English Bible19h 35m4.6 (1.3K)$1.30 · $0.00
You may also like
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (Annotated)Laurence Sterne5h 53m3.9 (23K)$2 · $0.00
Mademoiselle de Maupin Volume I & IIThéophile Gautier13h 59m4.0 (2.4K)$2.30
How to Talk about Books You Haven’t ReadPierre Bayard4h 29m3.5 (6.9K)$12 · $0.00
A Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf5h 24m4.3 (318K)$12 · $0.00
A Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf3h 53m4.3 (344.1K)$1.20 · $0.00
Notes from UndergroundFyodor Dostoevsky4h 38m4.2 (303.3K)$3 · $0.00
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor DungLester Bangs16h 21m4.2 (10.3K)$25 · $0.00
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWNVirginia Woolf5h 26m4.3 (346.9K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Madman - His Parables & Poems (Illustrated) (Annotated)Kahlil Gibran2h 40m4.2 (16.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
Schopenhauer as EducatorFriedrich Nietzsche4h 16m4.1 (1.1K)$1 · $0.00
Ecce HomoFriedrich Nietzsche4h 13m4.0 (22.4K)$12
A Room of One’s OwnVirginia Woolf3h 56m4.3 (334.5K)$3.50 · $0.00
UlyssesJames Joyce30h 47m3.9 (159.2K)$4 · $0.00
Testaments BetrayedMilan Kundera7h 37m4.2 (3.5K)$26 · $0.00
Bouvard and Pécuchet (A Satirical Novel) (Annotated)Gustave Flaubert14h3.8 (4.6K)$2 · $0.00
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION – Premium Edition (Including Democracy & Education) (Annotated)John Dewey19h 17m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Mr. Bennett and Mrs. BrownVirginia Woolf50m4.2 (850)$2 · $0.00
Orlando: A Biography (Annotated)Virginia Woolf10h 6m4.1 (125.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
IntentionsOscar Wilde6h 13m4.1 (993)$2 · $0.00
Sartor Resartus The Life and Opinions of Herr TeufelsdröckhThomas Carlyle8h 55m3.9 (13.6K)$2.30