Futility by WILLIAM GERHARDIE abridged in ten parts by ELIZABETH BRADBURY
Read by Roger Rees (1) This novel on Russian themes was written shortly after the First
World War and published in 1922. It was Gerhardie's first book and he used his own wartime experiences in Russia at the time of the Revolution. It is a story of unrequited love between a young
Englishman and Nina, one of three sisters; though the author points out that, 'the "I" of the book is not me.'
Producer ian COTTERELL