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The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

The Leopard

Episode 9

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Giuseppe Di Lampedusa, translated by Archibald Colquhoun and read by Alex Jennings.

A masterpiece of European political fiction: beguiling, beautiful and subtle, evoking a centuries-old way of life on the cusp of change.

Episode Nine: Twenty years on from the ball that marked the changing fortunes of his family, the Prince knows his time is running out.

Reader...Alex Jennings
Abridged by Sara Davies
Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery Show less

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