Faulks on Fiction | 4: The Villain
Sebastian Faulks looks at villains and how they have evolved over the last three hundred years from theatrical rakes like Lovelace in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa to much more sinister yet much more ordinary characters like Barbara in Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
Content
- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC HD
- Duration: 59'26''
- Broadcast date: 2011
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Literary Resource
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