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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"Now, many bungalowscluster near it, "but when this story begins, "only the cupolasof a...

"Now, many bungalows
cluster near it, "but when this story begins, "only the cupolas
of a dozen old villas "rotted like water lilies
among the masked pines "between Gausse's Hotel
Des EÉtrangers, "and Cannes, five miles away." Richard narrates: Fitzgerald
modelled his characters Dick and Nicole Diver on Gerald and Sara Murphy,
a glamorous American couple he and Zelda had befriended, whose friends included
Picasso and Gertrude Stein

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"Now, many bungalows cluster near it,
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"but when this story begins,
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"only the cupolas of a dozen old villas
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"rotted like water lilies among the masked pines
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"between Gausse's Hotel Des EÉtrangers,
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"and Cannes, five miles away."
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Richard narrates: Fitzgerald modelled his characters
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Dick and Nicole Diver
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on Gerald and Sara Murphy, a glamorous American couple
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he and Zelda had befriended,
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whose friends included Picasso and Gertrude Stein.
Duration
31 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:49
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E03 More than anything, for Hemingway, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
More than anything, for Hemingway,
S01 • E01 Gosh, reaching the summit of Vesuvius, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Gosh, reaching the summit of Vesuvius,
S01 • E03 On the one hand, an incredible zest for life - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
On the one hand, an incredible zest for life
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: It's extraordinary to think - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Richard narrates: It's extraordinary to think
S01 • E03 Published in 1932, Death in the Afternoon - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Published in 1932, Death in the Afternoon
S01 • E01 Particularly brave, as during the 19th century, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Particularly brave, as during the 19th century,
S01 • E03 Even though bullfighting was already being criticised - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Even though bullfighting was already being criticised
S01 • E02 Before buying their own property here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Before buying their own property here,
S01 • E01 - "There's something in the fire and raw - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
- "There's something in the fire and raw
S01 • E03 While he recognised the objections, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
While he recognised the objections,
S01 • E01 "We cannot rest long without starting off, two of us - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"We cannot rest long without starting off, two of us
S01 • E02 Philippe Perd has been general manager - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Philippe Perd has been general manager
S01 • E03 "So far about morals...", he wrote, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"So far about morals...", he wrote,
S01 • E02 Philippe, what do you think of Scott Fitzgerald's - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Philippe, what do you think of Scott Fitzgerald's
S01 • E01 "What with their noise and what with the trembling - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"What with their noise and what with the trembling
S01 • E03 "And judged by these standards, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
"And judged by these standards,
S01 • E02 When you read that novel, although, you know, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:17
When you read that novel, although, you know,
S01 • E01 "And what with the flashing of the fire in our faces - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:19
"And what with the flashing of the fire in our faces
S01 • E03 "And after it is over, I feel very sad, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"And after it is over, I feel very sad,
S01 • E02 A very isolated spot where Americans, you know, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
A very isolated spot where Americans, you know,