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Book of the Week

Charlotte Bronte: A Life

Episode 2: Roe Head School

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's biography. Today, school life and corresponding with the poet laureate, Robert Southey. Show more

Book of the Week

Charlotte Bronte: A Life

Episode 4: Being Published

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Bronte sisters set about the business of bringing out their best-known books. Meanwhile, their brother Branwell is the source of strained relations at the parsonage in Haworth. Show more

Book of the Week

Charlotte Bronte: A Life

Episode 1: Childhood

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Claire Harman's biography of one of Britain's greatest novelists, which reveals how the often tragic events of Charlotte Bronte's life inspired her writing. Show more

Book of the Week

Charlotte Bronte: A Life

Episode 3: In a Strange Land

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's new and intimate biography of one of our greatest novelists. At the school in Brussels Charlotte is attracted to her charismatic tutor. Show more

Book of the Week

Charlotte Bronte: A Life

Episode 5: Affairs of the Heart

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's intimate biography of one of our greatest novelists. Charlotte grieves for her siblings and affairs of the heart are confounding. Show more