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Drama on 4: Love Henry James - The Aspern Papers

Love Henry James - The Aspern Papers

29/04/2018

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Love Henry James - The Aspern Papers

Written in Venice, this was one of Henry James's favourite novels.

Amanda Dalton adapts Henry James's dark and intimate tale. A literary editor tries to obtain letters and papers that celebrated author Jeffrey Aspern sent to his mistress.

Love Henry James: The Aspern Papers by Henry James. Dramatised by Amanda Dalton.

Determined to succeed where his colleague failed, a literary editor insinuates himself into the decaying Venetian villa of the elderly Miss Juliana Bordereau and her niece Miss Tina. He clearly wants something from Juliana. But what can it be? A dark and intimate tale about deceit and obsession.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

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