We Read Charlotte's Web

About this episode

Eleanor and Alasdair discuss E. B. White's novel Charlotte's Web, exploring themes of friendship and humor while contemplating their feelings about spiders.

Just like women be shopping, E. B. White. And White's 1952 novel Charlotte's Web is a blackly comical tear-jerker about a spider coming to the aid of a pig who doesn't want to be eaten. Are Eleanor and Alasdair fans of spiders? Or are we absolutely terrified of them? Well, what do you think? Based on everything you know about us, do you think we like spiders?

People in this episode

Hosts: Eleanor Morton, Alasdair Beckett-King

Topics covered

• literature
• spiders
• friendship
• humor
• animals

Keywords

• Charlotte's Web
• E. B. White
• spiders
• humor
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Charlotte's Web

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