{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"343\u2014Chapters 18 &amp; 19 -- North &amp; South","description":"We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's&amp;nbsp;North and South, chapters 18\u201319, with many thanks to our reader,&amp;nbsp;Barbara Edleman.&amp;nbsp;Book talk begins at 10:40 minutes. The&amp;nbsp;first&amp;nbsp;N&amp;amp;S&amp;nbsp;episode is 331. If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the&amp;nbsp;Libsyn site for this episode. Literary Links of Interest for this chapter  The Lyceum in N&amp;amp;S is a bit like the&amp;nbsp;Oakdale Workmen's Institute at St Fagans in Wales.  Luke 16:19\u201331\u2014iffin you want to read about Lazarus and the Rich Man. In 1799 and 1800 laws that banned unionizing were passed, then repealed in 1824, so there's nothing illegal about what Higgins and the men are doing.  ","author_name":"CraftLit - Serialized Classic Literature for Busy Book Lovers","author_url":"https:\/\/craftlit.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/2815335\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/153296721"}