Smith, Elder & Co. books
Smith, Elder & Co., alternatively Smith, Elder, and Co. or Smith, Elder and Co.
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CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into television showsBritish novels adapted into playsNovels adapted into balletsVictorian novelsFiction about suicideLove storiesFemale characters in literatureWorks published under a pseudonymBritish Gothic novelsPublic domain books1847 British novelsBritish bildungsromansHarper & Brothers booksNovels set in the 19th century
Jane Eyre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell.
18 June 2015
Featuring: Dinah Birch, Karen O'Brien, Sara Lyons
CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsVictorian novels1847 British novelsBritish novels adapted into television showsBritish bildungsromansHarper & Brothers booksBritish Gothic novelsNovels adapted into balletsSmith, Elder & Co. booksWorks published under a pseudonymFemale characters in literatureNovels set in the 19th centuryFiction about suicideLove storiesBritish novels adapted into playsThe Riddle of the Sands
Melvyn Bragg discusses the prescient thriller ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ and the decline Anglo-German relations before the First World War.
12 June 2008
Featuring: Richard J. Evans, Rosemary Ashton, T. C. W. Blanning