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Classic Serial: Henry James - The Wings of the Dove

Classic Serial: Henry James - The Wings of the Dove: Episode 2

Henry James - The Wings of the Dove

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Henry James - The Wings of the Dove, Episode 2

Milly allows herself to hope that Merton will be the one great passion in her short life.

With Merton back in London, Milly hopes that he will be the one great passion in her short life. Stars Anna Maxwell Martin.

by Henry James
Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths

Milly confides in Kate that she believes herself to be gravely ill and Kate begins to see a way for her and Merton to have a future. 

When Merton returns to London, Kate sets out to bring her lover and her friend together. With Kate's assurances that there is nothing between them, Milly allows herself to hope that Merton may be the one great passion in her short life.


Milly.....Anna Maxwell Martin
Lord Mark.....Toby Jones
Maud.....Clare Higgins
Susie.....Barbara Barnes
Kate.....Lyndsey Marshal
Merton.....Blake Ritson
Lord Strett...Sam Dale
Lady Aldershaw...Alison Pettitt


Directed by Nadia Molinari.

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Dramatisation by Linda Marshall Griffiths of Henry James's classic 1902 novel

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