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The wealth gap, #MeToo and Edith Wharton
Arts & Ideas
English - December 12, 2019 12:28 - 44 minutes - 41 MB - ★★★★ - 268 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Laurence Scott, Sarah Churchwell, Francesca Segal and Alice Kelly re-read Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence. First published in 1920, it depicts new money in 1870s New York and limited choices for women.
Francesca Segal's novel The Innocents, inspired by Edith Wharton's book, won the Costa First Novel Award in 2012. Her latest novel is Mother Ship.
Behold America by Sarah Churchwell was published last year.
Readings by Florence Roberts.
Producer: Torquil MacLeod