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To The Ends of the Earth: Lost Worlds, New Worlds
4 Extra Debut. Alex Clark explores fiction's golden age of adventure, found in the imagined worlds of Rider Haggard and Jules Verne. From 2017.
Alex Clark takes a fantastic voyage into the golden age of adventure.
She explores the imagined worlds of writers such as Henry Rider Haggard, Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle.
She talks to adventure novel enthusiasts Fay Weldon and Tom Holland about the scientific and cultural legacy of these novels, and asks whether they are more than ripping yarns of derring-do.
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4.
On radio
Tuesday
10:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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What is the 'Lost World' genre?
Duration: 01:36
Broadcasts
Sat 18 Mar 2017 10:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4- Wed 3 Jan 2018 23:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 FM
- Tuesday 10:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra
- Tuesday 16:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra
- Wednesday 00:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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