Madame Bovary

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert: 10. Mounting Debts

Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary

10. Mounting Debts

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, 10. Mounting Debts

Exhausted from her debts and betrayal, Emma opts for a swift course of action.

Exhausted from her debts and betrayal, Emma looks for a quick solution. Stars John Hurt and Sarah Smart.

Emma has tried and exhausted every effort to repay her debts, but feels that she's left with only one course of action...

Gripping conclusion of the Gustave Flaubert's French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness. 

Narrated by John Hurt.

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator ...... John Hurt
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
CharlesConrad Nelson
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman 
Berthe Bovary ...... Daisy Jones  
Victor Lariviere ...... Martin Reeve

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.

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