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Félicité has a new friend to bring comfort as she grows old in the house which is no longer hers. Gustave Flaubert's classic tale of a woman's life in 19th-century Normandy inspired Julian Barnes to write Flaubert's Parrot. Translated by Robert Baldick Abridged by Alison Joseph Concluded by Julian Barnes Producer Duncan Minshull First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
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