Episode 1.7: ‘Catherine House’ by Elisabeth Thomas
The season one finale of ‘The Dark Academicals’ sees us exploring ‘Catherine House’ by Elisabeth Thomas about a forboding university full of secrets, surpises and a shockingly sinister purpose as our protagonist, Ines, grapples with what Catherine wants from her.
We loved ‘Catherine House’ and we’re so happy to end the season on such a high.
In this episode our discussion included:
The pseudoscience of plasm and the concentrations of Catherine
Ines’s trauma response and coping mechanisms and how that influences her narration
The Gothic motif of the haunted house
We also reveal the six titles in the Season 2 line up!
You can listen to it here:
TEXTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
‘Catherine House’ by Elisabeth Thomas
‘Madam’ by Phoebe Wynn
‘The Great Gatsby’ by F Scott Fitzgerald
‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins
We also announced the titles for season 2:
‘The Atlas Six’ by Olivie Blake
‘Sleepwalking’ by Meg Wolitzer
‘The Maidens’ by Alex Michaelides
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde
‘The Mary Shelley Club’ by Goldy Moldavsky
‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater
(Full bibliography and show notes made available through Patreon)
If you fancy getting your hands on ‘Catherine House’ you can buy it from bookshop.org which both supports us as affliiates, but also supports local bookshops!
