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While this is not quite a slave narrative, "The Confessions of Nat Turner" is testimony of one of the most famous American slaves (although the case can be made that he had already freed himself). While most slave narratives were weaponized in the anti-slavery struggle, this document was weaponized to justify strengthening the institution of slavery in the Antebellum South.
Episode 284: Herman Melville: Assorted Short Fiction
Episode 283: Herman Melville: Essays and Early Short Fiction
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 127.2: Ubik, Part 2
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 127.1: Ubik, Part 1
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 126: Not By Its Cover
Episode 282: Herman Melville: The Piazza Tales (The Lightening-Road Man, The Encantadas, The Bell-Tower)
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 125.5; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Part 5
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 125.4; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Part 4
Episode 281: Herman Melville: The Piazza Tales (The Piazza, Bartleby, Benito Cereno)
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 125.3; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Part 3
Episode 280: Herman Melville: Israel Potter, Part 2
Episode 279: Herman Melville: Israel Potter, Part 1
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 125.2; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Part 2
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 125.1; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Part 1
Episode 278: Herman Melville: Pierre, Part 4
Episode 277: Herman Melville: Pierre, Part 3
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 124: Faith of Our Fathers
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 123: Retreat Match
Episode 276: Herman Melville: Pierre, Part 2
Episode 275: Herman Melville: Pierre, Part 1
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Anne of Green Gables
The Turn of the Screw
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame