French novels adapted into operas
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CultureCensored booksNovels first published in serial formFemale characters in literatureMale characters in literatureNovels about adulteryPicaresque novelsFrench novels adapted into filmsNovels set in England1759 novelsAnti-Catholic publicationsAnti-Catholicism in FranceFrench philosophical novelsNovels about rapeNovels about suicideNovels set in 19th-century FranceNovels set in GermanyRealist novels
Madame Bovary
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the literary sensation caused by the trial for indecency of Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary.
12 July 2007
Featuring: Andy Martin, Mary Orr, Robert Gildea
Voltaire's Candide
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, first published in 1759.
3 May 2012
Featuring: David Wootton, Nicholas Cronk, Caroline Warman