Reading Schedules for "Perelandra" and 'The Optimist's Daughter"

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We’re almost finished with our series of episodes on The Diary of a Country Priest (click here to submit a question to the Q&A thread), which means a new book is on the horizon—Eudora Welty here we come. Meanwhile, for our paid subscribers we are on to Perelandra, the second book in C.S. Lewis’ Ransom trilogy. This, of course, means you’ll be looking for reading schedules, so without further ado here they are:

THE OPTIMISTS DAUGHTER READING SCHEDULE

Ep. 1 (4/22): Parts 1 and 2
Ep. 2 (4/29): Part 3-4 (to the end)
Ep. 3 (5/5): Q&A Episode

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PERELANDRA READING SCHEDULE

Ep. 1 (4/14): Chapters 1-4
Ep. 2 (4/28): Chapters 5-8
Ep. 3 (5/12): Chapters 9-14
Ep. 4 (5/26): Chapters 15-17
Ep. 5 (6/9): Q&A Episode

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