A lively and entertaining interview with Professor John Mullan about therapeutic reading and his very favourite authors Charles Dickens and Janes Austen. John takes us on a deep dive into what we can enjoy in literature and how he finds humour to be the very best comfort read possible. We travel through literature from Shakespeare, stopping at 18th century literature, then right though to modern day authors and thrillers.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/shelf-healing/2021/06/08/prof-john-mullan/ 

 Date of episode recording: 2021-06-08
 Duration: 36:34
 Language of episode: English
 Presenter: Rebecca Markwick
 Guests: Professor John Mullan