Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Novels set in England

England, England is a satirical postmodern novel by Julian Barnes, published and shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1998. While researchers have also pointed out the novel's characteristic dystopian and farcical elements, Barnes himself described the novel as a "semi-farce".England, England broaches the idea of replicating England in a theme park on the Isle of Wight.

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  1. Emma

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jane Austen's novel Emma, which features, according to Austen, 'a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like'.

    19 November 2015

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    Featuring: Janet Todd, John Mullan, Emma Clery

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    CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into television showsBritish novels adapted into playsNovels adapted into comicsJohn Murray (publishing house) booksNovels set in EnglandBritish comedy novelsBritish bildungsromansNovels about nobility, Novels by Jane Austen

  2. Middlemarch

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Eliot's Study of Provincial Life, set before the Reform Act 1832 in a small, fictional town in the Midlands surrounded by farmland.

    18 April 2018

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    Featuring: Rosemary Ashton, Kathryn Hughes, John Bowen

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    CultureBritish novels adapted into television showsNovels first published in serial formVictorian novelsEnglish novelsNovels set in the 1820sNovels set in EnglandNovels by George EliotRealist novels

  3. Voltaire's Candide

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, first published in 1759.

    3 May 2012

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    Featuring: David Wootton, Nicholas Cronk, Caroline Warman

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    CultureCensored booksPicaresque novelsMale characters in literatureFrench novels adapted into filmsNovels set in EnglandFrench philosophical novelsNovels set in GermanyNovels about rape1759 novelsAnti-Catholic publicationsAnti-Catholicism in FranceFrench novels adapted into operas