Murder–suicide in fiction
2 episodes
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Lear
Melvyn Bragg discusses Shakespeare’s King Lear, a shocking and violent vision of a broken family in a godless world.
28 February 2008
Featuring: Jonathan Bate, Katherine Duncan-Jones, Catherine Belsey
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 novels