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8. Torment
Episode 8 of 10
As Emma embarks on a passionate affair, her lover Leon becomes troubled. Stars John Hurt, Sarah Smart and James D'Arcy.
Emma's sweet murmurs and kisses ravish LΓ©on's soul, but there seems to Leon something shadowy and ominous slipping between them.
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
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Justin ...... Sam Curtis
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in September 2006.
Last on
Thu 5 Oct 2023
02:15
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