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Episode 4
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Alex Jennings reads from Flaubert's novel, set amid the turbulence and glamour of mid-nineteenth century Parisian high society.
Despite his ambitions for love and career, Frederic finds it hard not to sink into the provincial comforts of his mother's home.
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