Frederic Raphael discusses marriage and parents throughout history and literature, including works by DH Lawrence.
Oscar-winning writer Frederic Raphael reads a new essay looking at parents and marriage throughout history and literature.
He looks at the story of an American wife who killed her husband over a game of bridge; at Nigel Nicholson's interpretation of the marriage of his parents - Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson - and at DH Lawrence's relationships with his parents and women.
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