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1. For Fools Rush In

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English prejudices clash with Italian passions when a young widow is sent abroad to avoid a man's clutches. With Sian Thomas.

English prejudices clash with Italian passions when a young widow is sent abroad to avoid a man's clutches.

EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.

Debut novel first published in 1905.

Dramatised ten parts by Penny Leicester.

Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Mrs Herriton ...... Sara Kestelman
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Lilia ...... Teresa Gallagher
Gino ...... Tom George
Irma ...... Imogen Hamilton-Jones

Director: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.

15 minutes

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