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Host Dennis Leap, Deryle Hope, Deborah Leap and guest, Sarah Evans, discuss the characters and human interest aspects to Jules Verne’s classic.

Host Dennis Leap, Deryle Hope, Deborah Leap and guest, Sarah Evans, discuss the importance, the science and the mysterious side to Jules Verne’s classic.

Host Dennis Leap discusses Jules Verne’s bio. He is considered the “father” of the science fiction adventure genre. Also discussed is the scientific importance of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Host Dennis Leap, Deryle Hope, Jack Wood and George Haddad discuss Great Expectations main male characters: Pip, Mr. Joe, John Wemmick and Herbert Pocket.

Host Dennis Leap, Deryle Hope, Jack Wood and George Haddad discuss the overview of Great Expectations: manual for growing into manhood, statement on ingratitude, grappling with the positives and negatives of life, the pitfalls of emotion.

Host Dennis Leap, Deryle Hope, Deborah Leap and guest Sarah Evans discuss Great Expectations's main female characters: Mrs. Joe, Biddy, Estella, Miss Havisham and Mrs. Belinda Pocket.

Host Dennis Leap, Deryle Hope, Deborah Leap and guest Sarah Evans discuss Great Expectations themes: moral instruction, social commentary, attaining contentment and human nature.

Host Dennis Leap discusses important highlights from Charles Dickens’s life and the unique manner in which he wrote Great Expectations.

Host Dennis Leap and guests Deryle Hope, John Wood and George Haddad discuss the characters of Mr. Bennet, Mr. Collins, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, George Wickham and others.

Host Dennis Leap and guests Deryle Hope, John Wood and George Haddad discuss the importance of British literature and Austen’s view of education, personal development, social protocol, human nature, feelings and emotion vs. clear thinking.