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Richard narrates: It's perhaps not surprising
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

It's perhaps not surprising that anything that promiseda change in fortune was welcomed...

Richard narrates:
It's perhaps not surprising that anything that promised
a change in fortune was welcomed here in Naples, and the city's taste
for gambling didn't escape Dickens's notice

Full Transcript

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Richard narrates: It's perhaps not surprising
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that anything that promised a change in fortune
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was welcomed here in Naples,
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and the city's taste for gambling
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didn't escape Dickens's notice.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:03
Uploaded
May 22, 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 • E03 And it's quickly obvious why he had to be an optimist - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
And it's quickly obvious why he had to be an optimist
S01 • E03 Despite apparently merging into the landscape - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Despite apparently merging into the landscape
S01 • E02 So he was imprisoned in the cells right there, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So he was imprisoned in the cells right there,
S01 • E01 "There is one extraordinary feature - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
"There is one extraordinary feature
S01 • E02 So there was a hierarchy of how much money you had - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
So there was a hierarchy of how much money you had
S01 • E03 "The man who sells the bus tickets in Orgiva - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"The man who sells the bus tickets in Orgiva
S01 • E01 They bring an immense revenue to the government - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
They bring an immense revenue to the government
S01 • E03 "I went once with some friends - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"I went once with some friends
S01 • E02 So, prisoners who had money could pay the pistole, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
So, prisoners who had money could pay the pistole,
S01 • E01 - When he arrives in Naples, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- When he arrives in Naples,
S01 • E03 "Caetano was so abominably rude to them and to me - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"Caetano was so abominably rude to them and to me
S01 • E02 - Having one window, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
- Having one window,
S01 • E01 So this is why people had a great illusion - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So this is why people had a great illusion
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: Today, visitors can see a cell - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Richard narrates: Today, visitors can see a cell
S01 • E03 "I got very arsey with him and raised my voice - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"I got very arsey with him and raised my voice
S01 • E01 And this was the great pity of Naples. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
And this was the great pity of Naples.
S01 • E02 So, he would have been here in solitary confinement? - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
So, he would have been here in solitary confinement?
S01 • E01 This is why also all the orders of monk, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
This is why also all the orders of monk,
S01 • E03 "Caetano held his ground - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"Caetano held his ground
S01 • E02 - Exactly. Edmond Dantès, as you know, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
- Exactly. Edmond Dantès, as you know,