Melmoth (Omnibus)

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Melmoth by Sarah Perry (Omnibus): Episode 1

Melmoth

Episode 1

Melmoth by Sarah Perry (Omnibus)

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Melmoth by Sarah Perry (Omnibus), Episode 1

Helen Franklin’s uneventful life in Prague is altered by a mysterious document.

Helen is working quietly as translator in Prague, when a friend gives her a mysterious document. Read by Greta Scacchi and Anton Lesser.

Helen Franklin’s uneventful life as a translator in Prague is altered when a troubled friend gives her a mysterious document.

Sarah Perry's contemporary novel set in Prague, inspired by an original Gothic story.

Melmoth the Witness is a terrifying and yet moving creation who repels and attracts our sympathies simultaneously. The novel explores some of humanity’s darkest actions, asks us to consider our deepest secrets and conveys the importance of bearing witness to unspeakable events. 

At the same time, it's also a novel of redemption, of the possibility of forgiveness, hope and reconciliation, and the healing power of love.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts, abridged by Jeremy Osborne.

Read by Greta Scacchi and Anton Lesser.

Producer: Rosalynd Ward

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2018.

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Adaptation of Sarah Perry's novel about a strange, silent woman.

Adaptation of Sarah Perry's novel about a strange, silent woman - Melmoth - who lures the guilty into living out their lives wandering the earth at her side.

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