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The novel's protagonist is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

The novel's protagonistis Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a strange, unloved orphan, who is born...

The novel's protagonist
is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a strange, unloved orphan, who is born with
the greatest sense of smell the world has ever known, but no scent of his own

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The novel's protagonist is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille,
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a strange, unloved orphan,
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who is born with the greatest sense of smell
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the world has ever known,
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but no scent of his own.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:29
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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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 "By the small tight valley closing in around, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"By the small tight valley closing in around,
S01 • E01 "The greatest travellers had not gone beyond the limits - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"The greatest travellers had not gone beyond the limits
S01 • E02 Grenouille follows his nose to this idyllic mountain town - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Grenouille follows his nose to this idyllic mountain town
S01 • E03 "The cottage walls narrowing like the arms - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"The cottage walls narrowing like the arms
S01 • E01 "They've trodden the paths of their own souls - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"They've trodden the paths of their own souls
S01 • E03 "The local girls whispering, 'Marry and settle down.'" - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
"The local girls whispering, 'Marry and settle dow...
S01 • E01 "But to this shadowy land, that knows neither sin - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"But to this shadowy land, that knows neither sin
S01 • E02 In a rare interview, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
In a rare interview,
S01 • E02 Grasse has been known - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Grasse has been known
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Carlo Levi trained as a doctor - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: Carlo Levi trained as a doctor
S01 • E03 As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
S01 • E03 As Lee sets off from Vigo in the north of Spain - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
As Lee sets off from Vigo in the north of Spain
S01 • E01 He was one of the painters from Turin known as the Group of Six - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
He was one of the painters from Turin known as the Group of ...
S01 • E02 The area has a microclimate - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:17
The area has a microclimate
S01 • E01 The group shared an interest in postimpressionism and fauvism, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
The group shared an interest in postimpressionism and fauvis...
S01 • E03 "The sun struck upwards, sideways and down, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"The sun struck upwards, sideways and down,
S01 • E03 "I kept on walking because there was no shade to hide in - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"I kept on walking because there was no shade to hide i...
S01 • E01 They were also connected by their opposition to fascism - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
They were also connected by their opposition to fascism
S01 • E02 Caroline de Boutiny is a perfume creator, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Caroline de Boutiny is a perfume creator,
S01 • E01 When Levi arrived in this remote corner of Italy, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
When Levi arrived in this remote corner of Italy,