Madame Bovary (Omnibus)

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (Omnibus)

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Emma prepares to leave Charles, but her complicated love-life is beginning to fall apart.

Emma prepares to leave Charles, but her complicated and unfulfilled love-life is beginning to fall apart. Stars John Hurt.

Beautiful Emma Bovary is planning to elope with her lover, Rodolphe.

Conclusion of Gustave Flaubert''s French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness.  

Narrated by John Hurt.

Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes,

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator .... John Hurt
Charles .... Conrad Nelson
Emma .... Sarah Smart
Rodolphe Boulanger .... Jude Akuwudike 
Madame Bovary Snr .... Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Lheureux .... Seamus O'Neill 
Felicite .... Sarah Jane Hallworth

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.

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John Hurt narrates Flaubert's infamous novel

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