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Book at Bedtime: Henry James - The Aspern Papers

Book at Bedtime: Henry James - The Aspern Papers: Episode 6

The Aspern Papers

Episode 6

Henry James - The Aspern Papers

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The collector has done all he can to secure the letters but Miss Bordereau mistrusts him.

Collector Jeffrey Aspern has done all he can to secure the letters but Miss Bordereau clearly mistrusts him. Read by Samuel West.

Episode 6 of The Aspern Papers by Henry James, read by Samuel West.

Jeffrey Aspern's obsessive devotee has become more desperate to obtain the elusive letters held by Miss Bordereau. Fearing that the old lady will destroy the papers he has put pressure on her niece to rescue them, but he begins to realise that neither of them is a match for the calculating Juliana herself.

Abridged and produced by Christine Hall.

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