Faulks on Fiction
Best-selling author Sebastian Faulks presents a major four part series on the brilliance of the British novel and its characters.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Hero
05-02-201160mIn this episode, Faulks looks at how the hero in literature and ideas of heroism have evolved over the last 300 years, from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe to Martin Amis's John Sel...
- Ep 2
2.The Lover
12-02-201160mIn episode two of Sebastian Faulks's series on the English novel, he looks at how literary lovers have taught us the truth about love, from Jane Austen's Mr Darcy to Alan Hollinghu...
- Ep 3
3.The Snob
19-02-201160mSebastian Faulks looks at how novelists from Jane Austen to Monica Ali have used snobs as their secret weapon. With contributions from Tim Lott, Alain de Botton, John Carey and...
- Ep 4
4.The Villain
26-02-201160mSebastian looks at how the characterization of the villain has grown in British novels over the past 3 centuries, from Lovelace in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa to Barbara in Zoe He...
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