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Episodes:Ep 7 - Part 1: Dorian Gray-t Expectations - Oscar Wilde's wild rideOscar Wilde’s wit, scandal, and downfall - the wild ride of one of literature’s sharpest voices. Ep 23 - Part 1: Our Lady of the Night - Mary ShelleyMary Shelley, teenage author of Frankenstein, inventor of science fiction, and survivor of endless tragedy. Ep 79 - Germany's love affair w/ 1st Nation culture: The story of Karl MayThe strange case of Karl May - Germany’s most popular writer who inspired a national obsessio...