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Toni Morrison - Beloved

Toni Morrison - Beloved: Episode 2: Omnibus

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Beloved

Episode 2

Episode 2: Omnibus

Omnibus

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Paul D is unable to resist Beloved's advances and must face the consequences.

Paul D is unable to resist Beloved's advances and must face the consequences. Seminal novel narrated by Adjoa Andoh.

When Sethe welcomed him into her house, Paul D. thought that life had thrown him a second chance. But then Beloved arrived and he was unable to resist her advances. Now he must steady himself to face the consequences.

Toni Morrison's seminal 1987 novel about a haunted house in the era that followed the abolition of slavery in the United States. Melding horror and poetry, this is the story of Sethe, a woman who escaped slavery by crossing the Ohio river, but who, 18 years later, is still not free.

Narrator . . . . . Adjoa Andoh
Sethe . . . . . Nadine Marshall
Denver . . . . . Pippa Bennett-Warner
Paul D . . . . . Danny Sapani
Beloved . . . . . Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Stamp Paid . . . . . Richard Pepple
Baby Suggs . . . . . Alibe Parsons

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts adapted by Patricia Cumper. 

Original music by Jon Nicholls

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.

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Adjoa Andoh narrates Toni Morrison's novel set in the era of American slavery

Adjoa Andoh narrates Toni Morrison's novel set in the era of American slavery and the civil war

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