Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Novels set in fictional countries

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is a 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of "Costaguana". It was originally published serially in monthly instalments of T.P.'s Weekly.

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  1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's work published in 1865 and inspired by telling stories to Alice Liddell and her sisters on picnics and boating trips in Oxford

    15 February 2024

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    Featuring: Franziska Kohlt, Kiera Vaclavik, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

     
  2. Nineteen Eighty-Four

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orwell's dystopian novel where the state rewrites history, war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength - and Big Brother is watching you

    15 September 2022

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    Featuring: David Dwan, Lisa Mullen, John Bowen