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Melmoth by Sarah Perry: Episode 7

Episode 7

Melmoth by Sarah Perry

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Helen begins to tell her friends about her darkest secret.

At her landlady’s birthday dinner, Helen begins to tell her friends her darkest secret. Read by Greta Scacchi and Anton Lesser.

At her landlady’s birthday dinner, prompted by the others, Helen begins to tell her friends about her darkest secret.

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.

Abridged in by Jeremy Osborne.

Read by Greta Scacchi and Anton Lesser.

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

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Sarah Perry's modern Gothic novel set in Prague. Read by Greta Scacchi and Anton Lesser.

A contemporary novel set in Prague, inspired by an original Gothic story and written by Sarah Perry. Read by Greta Scacchi and Anton Lesser.

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