Take Your Reading to the Next Level with Our Literature Scholar Bundles

Can you feel it in the air? It’s the urge to buy a new notebook and fill it with nerdy discoveries and fresh ideas.

Over the past five years, Novel Pairings has been dedicated to helping you read more deeply, think more critically, and fall in love with classic literature all over again. And while our podcast recording days are over (for now), our commitment to public scholarship lives on!

That’s why we’re so excited to invite you into our new Gumroad storefront, where our best teaching materials—previously available only on Patreon—are now beautifully bundled and easy to access.

Whether you want to feel more confident picking up a classic novel or you're ready to dive into literary theory, there's a bundle for you—and a special discount code.

Enter BACKTOSCHOOL at checkout for 20% off all bundles now through Labor Day.

The Ultimate Literature Scholar Bundle

15 of our most popular classes in one place. This is the full Novel Pairings experience—designed to help you sharpen your scholarly reading skills and feel like you’ve got two English teachers in your corner.

For readers who want it all.

The Literary Lenses Bundle

Explore the big questions with 7 classes that guide you through critical reading strategies like Feminist Theory, Psychoanalytic Theory, New Historicism, and more.

For readers who love thinking about how and why we read.

The Literary History Bundle

These 6 classes provide essential background on major literary movements and historical time periods that shaped the classics.

For readers who want to understand the context behind the text.

The Close Reading Bundle

A set of 4 foundational classes that teach you how to engage with a text line by line. You’ll learn to notice patterns, dig into language, and draw your own thoughtful interpretations.

For readers who want to slow down and read with depth.

These bundles are completely self-paced and curated with curious, passionate readers in mind. We’d love for you to check out our content on Gumroad!

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We’ll be back soon to highlight our recap bundles. Until then, we declare after all, there is no enjoyment like reading. How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

Thank you for supporting the podcast and our work to make public scholarship fun and accessible. If you would like to stay connected to what’s happening at Novel Pairings, make sure to subscribe to this Substack and follow us on Instagram. Make sure you never miss an episode by subscribing to the show wherever you get your podcasts. And if you love the work we’re doing, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts!