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Georges - Episode 1
John Yorke looks into a forgotten swashbuckler, Georges by Alexander Dumas.
The Bronze Horseman
John Yorke looks at Alexander Pushkin鈥檚 celebrated narrative poem, The Bronze Horseman.
Gaslight
John Yorke takes a look at Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play Gaslight.
Yentl the Yeshiva Boy
John Yorke looks at how Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story Yentl makes its mark.
Lady Chatterley's Lover - Episode 2
John Yorke takes a look at Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence.
Lady Chatterley's Lover - Episode 1
John Yorke takes a look at Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence.
Welcome to Opening Lines
Introducing John Yorke鈥檚 series on books, plays and stories, asking what makes them work.
