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5. The Temptation

Emma meets wealthy land owner Rodolphe Boulanger, and succumbs to temptation. Gustave Flaubert dramatisation with John Hurt.

Emma meets wealthy land owner Rodolphe Boulanger, and succumbs to temptation...

Gustave Flaubert's French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.

Narrated by John Hurt.

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Madame Lefrancois ...... Siobhan Finneran
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in September 2006.

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Sep 2023 03:15

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