Vol. 3, Chapters 1-8: 0:00-Recap. 1:52—A dead man. 4:43—The crime scene. 5:56—Lytton & Poe. 7:20—The initial investigation. .9:35—Pale Pelham. 11:50—Fireworks. 15:16—Lytton makes the rounds. 18:37—The Homes of England. 22:44—Melancholy mania. 24:46—A new wrinkle. 26:42—Job Jonson. 30:05—Pelham’s mother. 32:43—Lytton’s mother. 33:16—Literary Lytton. 34:25—Pelham & Roseville. 36:24—Pelham’s politics. 37:25—Interlude.

Vol. 3, Chapters 9-14: 38:07—Glanville explains all. 40:05—Glanville & Gertrude. 43:34—Gertrude’s gone. 45:00—To the madhouse. 50:04—Gertrude’s condition. 55:35—RIP G.D. 56:04—Mystery revealed. 59:44—Glanville & Thornton. 1:01:19—A terrible & tumultuous action. 1:06:12—Pelham & Ellen. 1:07:13—Pelham rehabilitated. 1:08:13—Thornton’s demands. 1:10:39—Trying times. 1:15:44—Interlude.

Vol. 3, Chapters 15-22: 1:16:25—Dawson’s remorse. 1:18:46—Parson Pelham. 1:20:06—St. Giles Greek. 1:21:34—Bloomsbury elegance. 1:25:31—Chilling apprehensions. 1:28:09—Brimstone Bess & gang. 1:30:12—The murder recounted. 1:34:40—True crime. 1:38:25—Murder ballad. 1:40:18—Names. 1:41:27—Bloody water. 1:44:19—Simple-minded moralizing. 1:46:17—Run for your lives! 1:48:28—The day after. 1:49:41—Thornton arraigned, Glanville released. 1:50:54—Lady Roseville’s behavior. 1:53:44—Mother writes. 1:54:29—No reception. 1:55:34—Several months later. 1:57:59—Reception. 2:00:11—Lytton/Pelham conflation. 2:05:28—Lytton’s character. 2:06:02—Class conflict. 2:09:11—Defending Pelham, attacking Byron.

Text: Edward Bulwer Lytton, Pelham, or the Adventures of a Gentleman. 1828. Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1972.

Interludes: Hector Berlioz, “The Corsair Overture” (1844), performed by Orchestre De L’Association Des Concerts Lamoureux, conducted by Jean Martinon, 1952.

Additional music: Noel Coward, “The Stately Homes of England” (1938), performed by Roderick Cook and Jamie Ross, Oh Coward! original cast recording, Bell Records, 1972 (Internet Archive).

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Vol. 2, Chapters 1-10: 0:00-In Cheltenham. 3:29—“Cherry Ripe.” 4:40—Lady Babbleton & Sir John Tyrell. 9:01—Oh, you satirist! 11:51—A sunbeam caught. 14:09—A bold, bad man. 18:28—In London. 20:40—Wildean maxims. 22:50—Pelham’s ego. 22:43—Visiting Glanville, seeing Thornton. 26:38—Motherly advice. 28:01—At Lady Roseville’s. 29:38—Pelham’s seat. 31:02—Interlude.

Vol. 2, Chapter 11: 32:07—Single-sticking. 38:07—A night on the town. 43:28—Harriss’s List of Covent Garden Ladies. 52:52—Birch discipline. 57:37—Ornaments to the female world. 1:00:01—Covent Garden women. 1:08:33—Reading the List. 1:11:32—Interlude.

Vol. 2, Chapters 12-14: 1:12:40—Mock-epic. 1:15:22—Dipping into St. Giles. 1:20:05—Blue ruin. 1:24:12—The Irish Rookery. 1:25:58—Economic distress. 1:27:31—Introducing Job Jonson. 1:29:30—Remembering Jemmy Gordon. 1:31:37—Urban leisure activities. 1:32:52—Deceased duchess. 1:24:28—Interlude.

Vol. 2 Chapters 15-28: 1:35:36—Moral literature. 1:41:33—Tories & Whigs. 1:42:24—Glanville/Byron. 1:47:30—Frame story. 1:54:34—In walks Thornton. 1:58:18—Cultural collision 2:00:50—Boatswain’s mate. 2:09:19—Clarke’s doggerel. 2:11:41—Bad Byron. 2:13:14—Cherry buried. 2:14:57—Animal spirits. 2:22:05—Farce to foreboding. 2:26:54—One long school day. 2:29:29—Oh, the humanities! 2:32: 37—A dark pursuer. 2:38:01—Closing.

Text: Edward Bulwer Lytton, “Pelham, or the Adventures of a Gentleman.” 1828. Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1972.

Interludes: Charles Horn, “Cherry Ripe” (c. 1826), arranged and performed by Jim Paterson (https://www.mfiles.co.uk/scores/cherry-ripe-piano-solo.htm).

Additional music: “Cherry Ripe,” Robert Herrick (lyrics) and Charles Horn (music), performed by Village Voices, Buckinghamshire, UK (http://www.villagevoiceschoir.net).

Sound effects: Pixabay.

“USA”: myinstants.com.

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Vol. 1, Chapters 1-9: 0:00-The madness of King George. 3:26—The Regency. 5:48—Pelham’s parents. 10:49—Lytton’s satire. 12:28—School days. 14:00—Sir names. 14:50—Lytton the student. 19:38—A man of ton. 22:05—What’s for dinner. 27:45—Lady Roseville. 29:07—Following mother’s advice. 31:15—A grave encounter. 34:26—Gallomania. 35:58—Interlude.

Vol. 1, Chapters 10-23: 36:46—An egregious coxcomb. 39:10—Consider the dandy. 41:18—Watching Pelham. 47:21—The streets of Paris. 49:47—Unabashed effrontery. 52:07—Advice from Mom. 54:42—The Palais Royal. 57:39—Parisian restaurants. 59:17—Les Anglais à Paris. 1:01:38—Dueling Pelham. 1:02:38—The Bois de Boulogne. 1:06 :22—Au revoir, Madame D’Anville; bonjour, Duchess. 1:09:16—The demonical observer. 1:13:24—The unhappy monkey. 1:15:39—A consummate puppy. 1:18:02—Gambling. 1:20:33—Secrets of the boudoir. 1:22:09—A most unmitigated rascal. 1:26:10—Interlude.

Vol. 1, Chapters 24-37: 1:26:59—Lord Byron. 1:34:03—Tyrell & Thornton & Warburton. 1:36:57—Rounds of reciprocal regrets. 1:41:01—Warburton revealed. 1:44:33—Last evening in Paris. 1:47:03—Beau Brummel. 1:57:03—The silver fork novel. 2:01:54—Election fraud. 2:03:07—Middle-class life. 2:12:03—Closing.

Text: Edward Bulwer Lytton, Pelham, or the Adventures of a Gentleman. 1828. Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1972.

Image: Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (detail), painting by Henry William Pickersgill, 1831 (Wikipedia).

Interludes: Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 9 (1825), performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, 1957.

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Pages 269-82: 0:00—Midori & Nobu. 5:02—Love’s fools. 8:03—What eels Nobu. 10:45—Ichiyo’s realism. 13:38—Language of the implied. 15:01—Ihara Saikaku & other influences. 17:53—Nobu’s perspective. 20:06—Young Murasaki. 22:41—Clogged emotions. 28:20—Maple & mud. 30:24—Interlude.

Pages 282-87: 31:11—Pretty things. 34:04—A lyrical passage. 35:47—A Kyoto doll. 38:44—Vague things. 40:10—A period of debate. 43:02—Stepping into the debate. 49:18—The paper narcissus. 50:20—Midori & Nobu. 51:31—Paper narcissus & dark robe. 52:23—Acclaim & ambush. 58:01—Closing.

Text: Higuchi Ichiyō. "Child's Play." Translated by Robert Danly. In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life and Writings of Higuchi Ichiyo. A Woman of Letters in Meiji Japan, Yale Univ. Press, 1981.

Interlude: Kimio Eto, "Yorokobi," The Japanese Koto Music of Kimio Eto, World Pacific Records (1424 / ST-1424), 1960 (Internet Archive).

Image: Higuchi Ichiyō, 1896, National Diet Library.

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Pages 254-63: 0:00—The Yoshiwara. 7:12—The Daionjimae. 10:14—Raking in prosperity. 11:59—Back street boys. 15:34—Meeting Midori. 19:04—Senzoku Shrine Festival. 25:23—Affable Sangoro. 30:03—Class consciousness. 31:21—Inspecting her daughter. 32:37—Nothing but a whore. 35:36—Class struggle. 37:25—Interlude.

Pages 263-67: 38:09—About Ichiyo. 46:28—Shota & Midori. 53:15—A suspect endeavor. 57:36—Closing.

Text: Higuchi Ichiyō. "Child's Play." Translated by Robert Danly. In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life and Writings of Higuchi Ichiyo. A Woman of Letters in Meiji Japan, Yale Univ. Press, 1981.

Interlude: Kimio Eto, "Yorokobi," The Japanese Koto Music of Kimio Eto, World Pacific Records (1424 / ST-1424), 1960 (Internet Archive).

Image: Higuchi Ichiyō, 1896, National Diet Library.

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Chapters 7-8: 0:00—Sunday, November 2, 1884. 5:10—Artificial & distorted forms. 7:25—Japanese dressing. 11:50—Scraping & bowing & spewing. 15:18—Only one idol. 17:39—Baffled Bunzō 24:04—“He’s terribly bold.” 27:51—Interlude.

Chapters 9-12: 28:32— Bunzō’s worst fears. 32:07—Free indirect discourse. 40:14— Bunzō meets Yamaguchi. 42:28—Bozo Bunzō. 47:12—An abyss of pain. 51:19—Interlude.

Chapters 13-19: 52:10—What’s wrong with Bunzō? 1:00:15—Borderline Bunzō. 1:02:30—Bunzō & Futabatei. 1:04:01—Russian literature & politics. 1:06:35—Oblomov & Underground Man. 1:08:36—Neurosis & psychosis. 1:10:11—Not a nice girl. 1:11:31—A new perspective. 1:18:38—Bunzō observes. 1:23:37—The ending. 1:32:07—The end. 1:33:38—Closing.

Text: Futabatei Shimei. Ukigumo. Translated by Marleigh Grayer Ryan. Japan’s First Modern Novel, “Ukigumo” of Futabatei Shimei. 1965. Center for Japanese Studies, Univ. of Michigan, 1990.

Interlude: Yūgure,” performed by Ensemble Hijiri-Kaï , Urban Music of the Edo Period , 2005, Ocora Records, Paris, Internet Archive.

Illustration: Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum, Paris.

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Chapters 2-3: 56:20— Bunzō’s background. 6:32—Office work. 8:22—Point of view. 9:40— Bunzō & Osei. 13:03—The question of point-of-view. 14:02—Breeding worms. 16:15—The moment of truth. 21:49—New romance. 25:30—A ticklish situation. 27:19—What’s going on. 29:24—Marriage plots. 31:13—A new development. 31:49—Interlude.

Chapters 4-6: 32:25—The elements of romance. 34:37—What a mess. 36:10—All mixed up. 39:07—Pure Osei. 42:01—Gaudy geisha. 46:29—Bunzō dreams. 50:55— Bunzō confesses, Omasa tortures. 56:07—Osei vs. Omasa. 58:22—Successful Noboru. 1:00:38—The bureaucracy. 1:05:34—Office literature. 1:07:41—Mom & mums. 1:10:30—Closing.

Text: Futabatei Shimei. Ukigumo. Translated by Marleigh Grayer Ryan. Japan’s First Modern Novel, “Ukigumo” of Futabatei Shimei. 1965. Center for Japanese Studies, Univ. of Michigan, 1990.

Interlude: Yūgure,” performed by Ensemble Hijiri-Kaï , Urban Music of the Edo Period , 2005, Ocora Records, Paris, Internet Archive.

Illustration: Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum, Paris.

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0:00-Three openings. Chapter 1: 16:06—Fine gentlemen. 19:50—Men with beards. 26:24—Men in coats and kimonos. 30:30—Bunzō & Noboru. 32:40—The narrator. 33:37—Salary earners. 35:39—The third house from the corner. 35:52—Interlude.

Chapter 1 continued: 36:50—The Meiji Restoration. 38:01—Translated novels. 43:40—Tsubouchi Shōyō & Futabatei Shimei. 51:50—Crossing the threshold. 55:54—Closing.

Text: Futabatei Shimei. Ukigumo. Translated by Marleigh Grayer Ryan. Japan’s First Modern Novel, “Ukigumo” of Futabatei Shimei. 1965. Center for Japanese Studies, Univ. of Michigan, 1990.

Interlude: Yūgure,” performed by Ensemble Hijiri-Kaï , Urban Music of the Edo Period , 2005, Ocora Records, Paris, Internet Archive.

Illustration: Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum, Paris.

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