129. Twins In Fiction
The Grady Twins from Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining
In this week’s mini, we’re talking about twins in fiction, from Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet and Stephen King’s The Shining to some lesser-known gems. Plus, we have a letter from a new listener who wrote to us after hearing our episode about her late mother, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Discussed in this episode:
Lost Ladies of Lit on Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust with Brigitte Hales
A Room with a View (1985 film)
The Parent Trap (1961 film)
Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kastner
Young Man with a Horn by Dorothy Baker
Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim