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- 1. Great Expectations Sep 2, 2014
- Tony Jordan brings his writer's insight to Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations."
- 2. Shakespeare's First Folio Sep 9, 2014
- Actor Simon Russell Beale examines what can be learned from Shakespeare's "First Folio."
- 3. Mrs Dalloway Sep 16, 2014
- Author Alexandra Harris shows how Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" completely re-imagined a novel.
Sep 2, 2014 · The Secret Life of Books: With Samantha Bond, Cerys Matthews, Alice Roberts, Fiona Shaw. Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, and Great Expectations are just a few of the classic works of fiction that we all know and love.
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BBC Four - The Secret Life of Books. The Secret Life of Books. Home. Episodes. Clips. Galleries. Classic books are considered with a fresh eye. Returning to the authors'...
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The Secret Life of Books. Novelist Bidisha Mamata first read Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre when she was a teenager and was captivated by Jane's liberating journey into adulthood. But upon revisiting the book, Bidisha challenges the romanticism of Brontë's classic novel.
The Secret Life of Books. Home. Episodes. Clips. Galleries. Episodes. All. Available now (14) Next on (0) The Secret Life of Children's Books. Series exploring two classics of...
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has become synonymous monsters and the dangers of science without morals. Author and scientist Professor Alice Roberts returns to the original text to explore the myths of the novel and what Shelley originally intended Frankenstein to be about. Season 1 | Season 2 ».
The Secret Life of Books. Examining original texts, manuscripts, letters and diaries to find the story behind classic books.
Season 1 – The Secret Life of Books. Examining original texts, manuscripts, letters and diaries to find the story behind classic books.
