Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

7. An Unexpected Turn

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 5^th Aug 2008, 10:00 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Wed 4^th Oct 2023, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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As part of her convalescence, Charles takes Emma to the theatre in Rouen and life takes an unexpected turn.

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

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006. Show less