Episode 4
Philip Larkin works on his poem about 'An Arundel Tomb'. An intimate insight into the poet and the man read by Hugh Bonneville.
Philip Larkin's Letters to Monica span the forty years of their relationship from 1946 when they met, until Larkin's death in 1985. They only came to light after Monica Jones died in 2001, when nearly two thousand letters were discovered in Larkin's house in Hull. This never previously published correspondence, edited by Anthony Thwaite, offers a unique insight into Larkin's most intimate thoughts.
Episode 4:
Larkin works on his poem about 'An Arundel Tomb' which he first saw with Monica and ponders the nature of their relationship.
Read by Hugh Bonneville, who recently appeared in Downton Abbey and 大象传媒 TV's The Silence and played Larkin in Love Again on 大象传媒 4.
The abridger is Miranda Davies and the producer Lucy Collingwood.
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Thu 4 Nov 2010 09:45大象传媒 Radio 4 FM- Fri 5 Nov 2010 00:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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