Metafictional novels
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CultureNovels adapted into operasNovels adapted into comicsNovels adapted into balletsNovels adapted into radio programsModernist novelsAmerican novels adapted into films, American novels adapted into plays, American novels adapted into television showsLiterary archetypesNovels about adulteryPicaresque novels18th-century British novelsNonlinear narrative novels1759 novelsBritish satirical novelsChivalryIrish novels adapted into films, Irish novels adapted into playsMurder–suicide in fictionSelf-reflexive novels
Don Quixote
Melvyn Bragg discusses the importance, originality and enduring appeal of Cervantes’ classic 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote, a cornerstone of Western literature.
16 March 2006
Featuring: Barry Ife, Edwin Williamson, Jane Whetnall
The Great Gatsby
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great American novels of the 20th Century, where inexplicably rich Jay Gatsby aims to win Daisy Buchanan from her millionaire husband.
14 January 2021
Featuring: Sarah Churchwell, Philip McGowan, William Blazek
CultureMetafictional novelsNovels adapted into operasAmerican novels adapted into films, American novels adapted into plays, American novels adapted into television showsNovels adapted into balletsNovels adapted into comicsNovels about adulteryMurder–suicide in fictionNovels adapted into radio programsModernist novelsTristram Shandy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Laurence Sterne's comic novel Tristram Shandy.
24 April 2014
Featuring: Judith Hawley, John Mullan, Mary Newbould
CultureIrish novels adapted into films, Irish novels adapted into plays18th-century British novelsMetafictional novelsNonlinear narrative novelsSelf-reflexive novelsNovels adapted into operasPicaresque novelsNovels adapted into comicsBritish satirical novelsNovels adapted into radio programs1759 novels