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1. The Marriage

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Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Bovary, but she is distraught over the lack of passion and excitement. Stars John Hurt.

Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Charles Bovary.

He's happy for the first time in his life - unlike Emma, who's distraught that her marriage lacks the passion and excitement of her fantasies.

Gustave Flaubert''s1856 French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.

Narrated by John Hurt

Dramatised in ten parts by Diana Griffiths - from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in September 2006.

15 minutes

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