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The Secret Life of BooksSeries 1 Clips

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  1. Alexandra Harris visits Monk’s House, Virginia Woolf’s home in SussexMrs Dalloway

    Duration: 01:28

  2. Alexandra Harris on Virginia Woolf and her creation of a new kind of novel after the First World WarMrs Dalloway

    Duration: 01:27

  3. Prof Alice Roberts recounts Mary Shelley’s conception of Frankenstein at the Villa Diodati, GenevaFrankenstein

    Duration: 02:51

  4. Professor Alice Roberts explores Mary Shelley’s FrankensteinFrankenstein

    Duration: 02:26

  5. Cerys Matthews recites the popular tale of Branwen and her unfortunate marriage to the King of IrelandThe Mabinogion

    Duration: 01:52

  6. Bidisha visits the Brontë family home at HaworthJane Eyre

    Duration: 02:57

  7. Bidisha recalls her teenage enthusiasm for Jane EyreJane Eyre

    Duration: 02:07

  8. Television scriptwriter Tony Jordan recognises the enduring fascination with the writing of Charles DickensGreat Expectations

    Duration: 02:30

  9. Simon Russell Beale performs ‘To be or not to be’ from Hamlet, in a version culled from different editions of the play.Shakespeare's First Folio

    Duration: 02:59

  10. What we can learn from Shakespeare's First Folio?Shakespeare's First Folio

    Duration: 01:41

  11. The timeless appeal of the tales of The MabinogionThe Mabinogion

    Duration: 01:37

  12. Cerys and Prof Thomas Charles-Edwards look at The Red Book of HergestThe Mabinogion

    Duration: 02:17

  13. Alexandra Harris examines the first draft of Mrs Dalloway, then titled The HoursMrs Dalloway

    Duration: 03:18

  14. Simon Russell Beale examines the 1623 printed volume of Shakespeare’s First Folio of playsShakespeare's First Folio

    Duration: 02:41

  15. Bidisha and Ann Dinsdale examine Brontë’s ‘fair copy’ of Jane Eyre at the British LibraryJane Eyre

    Duration: 03:52

  16. Prof Alice Roberts examines Percy Shelley’s annotations to Mary Shelley’s manuscriptFrankenstein

    Duration: 03:23

  17. Tony Jordan discusses Dickens’ manuscript for Great Expectations with Dr Holly FurneauxGreat Expectations

    Duration: 04:17

  18. Tony Jordan visits Dickens’ home in Higham, Rochester, Kent where he wrote Great ExpectationsGreat Expectations

    Duration: 01:33