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Save Me From My Shelf

Save Me From My Shelf

By: Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith
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 We're friends and academics who take classic literature off its pedestal by making fun of it.

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Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Episode 78b - Vanity Fair Part Two

    Episode 78b - Vanity Fair Part Two
    Apr 15 2026

    Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our seventy-eighth episode, we cover Part Two of our possibly most requested text: William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical silver fork novel, Vanity Fair (1848). We address Daniel's unhealthy obsession with the posh 'ain't' accent, both hosts' loathing of George Osborne, and hear a surprisingly amount about curries.


    Cover art © Catherine Wu.


    Episode Theme: Beethoven, 'Overture, Op. 72', Fidelio.

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    59 mins
  • Episode 78a - Vanity Fair Part One

    Episode 78a - Vanity Fair Part One
    Apr 15 2026

    Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our seventy-eighth episode, we cover Part One of our possibly most requested text: William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical silver fork novel, Vanity Fair (1848). We address Daniel's unhealthy obsession with the posh 'ain't' accent, both hosts' loathing of George Osborne, and hear a surprisingly amount about curries.


    Cover art © Catherine Wu.


    Episode Theme: Beethoven, 'Overture, Op. 72', Fidelio.

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    56 mins
  • SMFMS Bookends 29: Lysistrata

    SMFMS Bookends 29: Lysistrata
    Mar 18 2026
    The twenty-ninth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our Lysistrata episode.

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    35 mins
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