A great narration woven throughout

A reminder and an alert:

Today, August 3, BBC Radio 4 airs the first episode of a new adaptation of Villette (check this previous post for more information). Radio Times reviews the production like this:

Charlotte Bronte's Villette is rarely adapted - it's been ten years since the last BBC radio version - yet dramatised here by Rachel Joyce it's both compelling and powerful. Perhaps because it's split into ten 15-minute episodes and certainly because it has a great narration woven throughout, it has the quality of seeming to be a small, intimate tale even as the story grows. The narrator Lucy Snowe (Anna Maxwell Martin) is strong, wants to be independent and as we join the tale is also just a little bit scared: she's confiding in us because she can't confide in anyone else. Orphaned and alone, Lucy leaves Britain and heads for a school in the fictional French town of Villette where she hopes to become a teacher. It is here that she meets the mysterious Madame Beck, owner of the school, and the enigmatic Monsieur Paul. (William Gallagher)

The alert comes from California:

Corona Public Library
Corona, California

Reading the Classics
Monday, August 3rd 10:30 a.m.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Categories: Alert, Audio-Radio, Villette, Wuthering Heights