The Aspern Papers (BBC Radio 4 Book At Bedtime) (Authored by Henry James)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Aspern Papers (BBC Radio 4 Book At Bedtime) Author: Henry James Narrator: Samuel West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 35 minutes Release date: February 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A BBC Radio 4 ‘Book at Bedtime’ recording of Samuel West reading from the novella ‘The Aspern Papers’ by Henry James, set against the decaying grandeur of Venice. Originally broadcast 26 April - 4 May 2010. Henry James took as inspiration for his tale ‘The Aspern Papers’ the story of a mistress of Byron's who outlived the poet into lonely old age. He transposed the setting to Venice and cast the city he loved as a character in a taut narrative of literary theft and deception. The lure of previously unseen papers relating to the long-dead poet Jeffrey Aspern brings one of his literary editors to Venice in the grip of an obsession. He broaches the palazzo of Aspern's ancient and discarded lover, Miss Juliana Bordereau, and deceives the fluttering middle-aged niece, Miss Tina, into believing he wants to lodge with them in order to cultivate the garden in his quest to secure the elusive letters and papers. Read by Samuel West. Abridged and produced by Christine Hall.