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Edith Wharton - The Reef: Episode 5

Edith Wharton - The Reef

Episode 5

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George Darrow tries persuading Sophie to leave Givre, but complications set in.

George Darrow tries persuading Sophie to leave Givre, but complications set in. Stars Jodhi May and Sian Thomas and Ben Miles.

Darrow sets out to persuade Sophie to leave Givre, but discovers affairs are much more complicated than he’d realised.

Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most conventional of its characters. 

Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Teresa Gallagher as Anna, Julian Ovenden as Owen and Sian Thomas as the Narrator. 

Dramatised by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

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Daring novel, published in 1912, following the complicated love lives of four Americans.

Daring novel, published in 1912, which follows the complicated love lives of four Americans in France. Dramatised by Penny Leicester. Starring Jodhi May and Sian Thomas.

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