Book of the Week | 05: Philip Larkin – Letters to Monica

Duration: 13'31''

Synopsis

Despite his success with Whitsun Weddings, 50-year-old Larkin wonders if he has achieved all he could. Read by Hugh Bonneville.

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Book of the Week | 1: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

Book of the Week | 1: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

2010 | 13'22''

Larkin arrives in Belfast to take up his new job as librarian at the University and struggles to self-publish a colle...

Book of the Week | 02: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

Book of the Week | 02: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

2010 | 13'31''

Larkin advises Monica on her conversational style and meets EM Forster. Intimate, insightful letters read by Hugh Bo...

Book of the Week | 03: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

Book of the Week | 03: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

2010 | 13'23''

Poet Philip Larkin successfully gains the Head Librarianship in Hull. An intimate insight read by Hugh Bonneville.

Book of the Week | 04: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

Book of the Week | 04: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

2010 | 13'31''

Philip Larkin works on his poem about 'An Arundel Tomb'. An intimate insight into the poet and the man read by Hugh ...

Book of the Week | 05: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

Book of the Week | 05: Philip Larkin - Letters to Monica

2010 | 13'31''

Despite his success with Whitsun Weddings, 50-year-old Larkin wonders if he has achieved all he could. Read by Hugh ...
Other Archive resources
BBC Four | 2015

Return to Larkinland

Writer and critic AN Wilson revisits the life and work of poet Philip Larkin. Featuring readings by Larkin himself, including The Whitsun Weddings, Arundel Tomb and Aubade.
BBC Two | 2009

My Life in Verse | Philip Larkin's "High Windows"

A reading of Philip Larkin's "High Windows"