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Episode 4

Pooky Quesnel reads from Lillian Pizzichini's biography of the author Jean Rhys, best known for the 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea.

Now married but still penniless, things start to look up for Jean when she moves to Vienna in 1920.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 1 May 2014 14:45

Broadcasts

  • Thu 21 May 2009 09:45
  • Fri 22 May 2009 00:30
  • Thu 1 May 2014 14:45

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