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Becky Sharp aims to charm a wealthy spinster and her handsome nephew. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding.

Becky Sharp aims to charm a wealthy spinster and her handsome nephew.

Stephen Fry narrates one of the greatest comic novels of the Victorian period.

Written by William Makepeace Thackeray.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Becky Sharp …… Emma Fielding
Amelia Sedley …… Katy Cavanagh
George Osborne …… Nicholas Boulton
Miss Crawley........Margaret Tyzack
Mrs Bute Crawley.......Jemma Churchill
William Dobbin....Tom Smith
Maria Osborne.....Alice Hart
John Osborne.......Geoffrey Whitehead
Ensign Stubble.......Stephen Hogan

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.

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15 minutes

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Fri 21 Mar 2025 03:45
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