Love, relationships, and road trips with Elizabeth Strout

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The creator of Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, on her new novel Oh William! It's narrated by her character Lucy Barton, who re-assesses her relationship with her first husband - William - as they take a road trip together. Elizabeth Strout talks to Elizabeth Day about revisiting her characters, writing about memory and whether Olive Kitteridge will ever re-appear in her fiction. Also, Professor Angus Fletcher explains his theories of Story Science; and Andrew Martin and Helen Oyeyemi discuss trains in fiction. Book List – Sunday 28 November and Thursday 2 December Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Richard III by William Shakespeare Wonder Works by Professor Angus Fletcher The Iliad by Homer Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi Smoke by Andrew Martin The Signalman by Charles Dickens Mugby Junction by Charles Dickens Barbox Brothers by Charles Dickens Dombey and Sons by Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton The Adventure of Silver Blaze by A Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle Adelstrop by Edward Thomas Cuckoo Valley Railway by Arthur Quiller-Couch The Trail of the Serpent by Mary Elizabeth Braddon