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Edith Wharton - The Reef: Episode 3

Edith Wharton - The Reef

Episode 3

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George Darrow arrives at Givre in his pursuit of Anna, but they are soon quibbling.

George Darrow arrives at Givre in his pursuit of Anna, but they're soon quibbling. Stars Jodhi May and Julian Ovenden.

Paris in the springtime is a dangerous place - a chateau in the October sunlight seems much safer. Darrow arrives at Givre in pursuit of Anna.

Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most conventional of its characters. 

Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Julian Ovenden as Owen, Teresa Gallagher as Anna and Sian Thomas as the Narrator. 

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

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Daring novel, published in 1912, following the complicated love lives of four Americans.

Daring novel, published in 1912, which follows the complicated love lives of four Americans in France. Dramatised by Penny Leicester. Starring Jodhi May and Sian Thomas.

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