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The Divorcee
Episode 3 of 5
In the third of her essays, Rachel Cooke considers the divorcee.
In the third episode of her essays about the single woman, Rachel Cooke considers the divorcee - once seen as a dangerous and predatory figure out to steal husbands. She charts the depiction of faithless wives in fiction, from the Victorian sensation novel East Lynne to Nora Ephron's 1980s classic Heartburn.
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Wed 6 Jul 202222:45
BBC Radio 3
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- Wed 15 Apr 202022:45BBC Radio 3
- Wed 6 Jul 202222:45BBC Radio 3
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