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Ep. 858, The Jolly Corner, Part 2 of 2, by Henry James

Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 6:41 a.m.

Why is Bryden\\u2019s doppelg\\xe4nger curiously disfigured? Henry James, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.\\xa0

Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.\\xa0

This marks the first week of Vintage Episodes released alongside the new episodes of The Classic Tales Podcast. How did you like them? Are you looking for more? Please let us know by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com. Pick up an audiobook, become a supporter, leave a review, or send us an email. Let us know if you\\u2019d like more.\\xa0

The Vintage Episodes include not only a remastered version of the original release, starting in 2007, but also new introductory material, story and author background, notes on why the story was chosen, and any performance choices that may or may not have worked. We\\u2019ll continue the Vintage Episodes for a month. At that point, we\\u2019ll see if this is something we can continue. This week we\\u2019ll be releasing both parts of Thomas Hardy\\u2019s Barbara of the House of Grebe. Classic Tales app users can hear the first episode now in the special features for today\\u2019s episode.\\xa0

So keep an eye on your podcast feed, and you\\u2019ll see two Vintage Episodes appear \\u2013 one on Monday, another on Wednesday. If you like it, head on over to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and let us know one way or another. And thanks for your support!\\xa0

Today we finish Brydon\\u2019s story, and he meets his doppelg\\xe4nger \\u2013 the darker man he could have been. This desperate need to reconnect with his lost chances, lost friendships, lost opportunities, etc. has its roots in the writings of Emmanuel Swedenborg, who influenced James greatly. One of Swedenborg\\u2019s theories was that of \\u201cvastation\\u201d, in which a supernatural encounter with your darker alter-ego occurred, which must be defeated and overcome to progress in the spiritual plane.

Emmanuel Swedenborg influenced many great thinkers, including Fjodor Dostoyevsky, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Bernard Shaw, Sheridan LeFanu, \\xa0Abraham Lincoln, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and many others.\\xa0