by APRIL
FITZLYON Ivan Turgenev spent a great deal of time abroad. This was regretted in Russia and it was known that the cause was the famous opera singer Pauline Viardot. It was a relationship that lasted all their lives
April FitzLyon introduces the letters Turgenev wrote to Mme. Viardot over a period of thirty years
Reader, GARY WATSON
Second broadcast followed by an interlude at 10.55