Sebastian Faulks
Self - Presenter
Faulks on Fiction (2011)
Season 1
Best-selling author Sebastian Faulks presents a major four part series on the brilliance of the British novel and its characters.
Released Feb. 5, 2011
Episode 60 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.miniseries, tmdb.books, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.novelist, imdb.tv-mini-series
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Hero
In this episode, Faulks looks at how the hero in literature and ideas of heroism have evolved over the last 300 years, from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe to Martin Amis's John Self.
Feb. 5, 2011, midnight
S1E2 - The Lover
In episode two of Sebastian Faulks's series on the English novel, he looks at how literary lovers have taught us the truth about love, from Jane Austen's Mr Darcy to Alan Hollinghurst's Nick Guest.
Feb. 12, 2011, midnight
S1E3 - The Snob
Sebastian Faulks looks at how novelists from Jane Austen to Monica Ali have
used snobs as their secret weapon.
With contributions from Tim Lott, Alain de Botton, John Carey and Monica Ali.
Feb. 19, 2011, midnight
S1E4 - The Villain
Sebastian looks at how the characterization of the villain has grown in British novels over the past 3 centuries, from Lovelace in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa to Barbara in Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal.
Feb. 26, 2011, midnight
BBC Two
60 min/ep
240 min
Feb. 5, 2011
Feb. 26, 2011, midnight
Ended
NR / 10+
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