The dazzling splendour of a Marquis ball intensifies married Emma's longing for excitement
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
Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006. Show less