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Classic Serial: Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country: Episode 3

Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country, Episode 3

Undine's plans for a better future move on apace, but will she ever find real happiness?

Undine's plans to secure a better future for herself move on apace, but will she ever find real happiness? Stars Lorelei King, Rebecca Night.

Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of marriage and money in early-20th century American society. 

Undine's plans to secure a better future for herself move on apace, but will she ever find real happiness?

Mrs Heeny ...... Lorelei King 
Elmer Moffatt ...... Tom Hollander
Ralph Marvell ...... Dan Stevens 
Undine Spragg ...... Rebecca Night 
Marquise de Chelles ...... Olwen May
Raymond de Chelles ...... Joseph Kloska
Princess Estradina ...... Provence Maydew
Paul ...... Daniel Rogers

Directed by Nadia Molinari.

Classic Serial: Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country

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Dramatisation of Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of marriage and money

Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of marriage and money in early-20th century American society

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