Novels That Shaped Our World

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  • BBC Two
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  • Documentary

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A Woman's Place
Episode overview
Ever since Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela, published in 1740, the novel has been a predominantly female literary form, offering far more opportunities to women writers than any other .. show full overview
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The Empire Writes Back
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Robinson Crusoe, the hero of the first ever novel published in English, in 1719, was a slave trader. Right from its inception, as this programme investigates, the English novel was .. show full overview
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The Class Ceiling
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Class is present from the time the very first novels in English appeared. This episode begins with one of the most famous portrayals of the fate of the poor and the destitute - Charles .. show full overview