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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Dickens had already shownhimself to be a brilliant observer of contemporary lifein novels...

Dickens had already shown
himself to be a brilliant observer of contemporary life
in novels like 'Oliver Twist', when he decided to take
a break from novel writing and set out on a journey
across Italy

Full Transcript

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Dickens had already shown himself to be a brilliant
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observer of contemporary life in novels like 'Oliver Twist',
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when he decided to take a break from novel writing
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and set out on a journey across Italy.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:45
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E02 I feel very invigorated after my visit to the Cevennes, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
I feel very invigorated after my visit to the Cevennes,
S01 • E03 The Return was inspired by a visit to Granada, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
The Return was inspired by a visit to Granada,
S01 • E01 Reaching Naples in 1845, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
Reaching Naples in 1845,
S01 • E02 I really do feel I've had the most amazing conversation - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
I really do feel I've had the most amazing conversation
S01 • E03 The narrative leaps between the 21st century - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
The narrative leaps between the 21st century
S01 • E03 And when it was written in 2007, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
And when it was written in 2007,
S01 • E02 Sword fights, swashbuckling romance, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Sword fights, swashbuckling romance,
S01 • E02 Well, it's got to be 'The Count of Monte Cristo', - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Well, it's got to be 'The Count of Monte Cristo�...
S01 • E01 - I'm standing here beside Porta Capuana, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
- I'm standing here beside Porta Capuana,
S01 • E03 The main character, Sonia, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
The main character, Sonia,
S01 • E01 He was 32 years old and at a turning point in his career - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
He was 32 years old and at a turning point in his career
S01 • E02 This was a book that Stevenson loved, by the way, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
This was a book that Stevenson loved, by the way,
S01 • E03 "Sonia asked the man if he'd ever met Lorca - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"Sonia asked the man if he'd ever met Lorca
S01 • E02 About 200km south of the Cevennes - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
About 200km south of the Cevennes
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Naples and its surrounding area - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: Naples and its surrounding area
S01 • E03 "'Many people here believe that part of this city - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"'Many people here believe that part of this city
S01 • E02 "Marseille always getting younger - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"Marseille always getting younger
S01 • E01 And although he wasn't completely unmoved - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
And although he wasn't completely unmoved
S01 • E03 "'Forgive me, but I don't really know very much - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"'Forgive me, but I don't really know very mu...
S01 • E02 From Marseilles, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
From Marseilles,