Faulks on Fiction
(2011)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 1
The Villain
Episode 4 - 2-26-2011
1h 0m
Sebastian looks at how the characterization of the villain has grown in British novels over the past 3 centuries, from Lovelace in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa to Barbara in Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal.
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The Snob
Episode 3 - 2-19-2011
1h 0m
Sebastian Faulks looks at how novelists from Jane Austen to Monica Ali have
used snobs as their secret weapon.
With contributions from Tim Lott, Alain de Botton, John Carey and Monica Ali.
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The Lover
Episode 2 - 2-12-2011
1h 0m
In episode two of Sebastian Faulks's series on the English novel, he looks at how literary lovers have taught us the truth about love, from Jane Austen's Mr Darcy to Alan Hollinghurst's Nick Guest.
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The Hero
Episode 1 - 2-05-2011
1h 0m
In this episode, Faulks looks at how the hero in literature and ideas of heroism have evolved over the last 300 years, from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe to Martin Amis's John Self.
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