Send us a textWoman yearns for child, adopts orangutan instead. Disaster ensues. That's the premise of Gertrude Trevelyan's wonderfully bizarre 1932 novel, Appius and Virginia. We're joined in this encore episode by guest Brad Bigelow, whose obsession with obscure books was celebrated in the 2016 New Yorker profile “The Custodian of Forgotten Books.” Discussed in this episode: Appius and Virginia by G.E. TrevelyanEvery Which Way But Loose (1978 Film)Black MirrorThe Twilight ZoneNeglectedBooks.com“The Custodian of Forgotten Books” (The New Yorker)His Monkey Wife by John CollierDorothy RichardsonMay SinclaireFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesRoom by Emma DonohueBear by Marian EngelOxford’s Lady Margaret HallNewdigate PrizeA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Hot-House by G.E. Trevelyan“If She Was a Bloke, She’d Still Be In Print” (The Guardian)Virginia FaulknerLost Ladies of Lit Episode 41 on Edith Lewis with Melissa HomesteadSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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