The Lifted Veil
by George Eliot [1859]
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Read by Nigel Cooke
Produced by Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.
Broadcast 18-22 Oct 2010, Book at Bedtime
160/44; 79.6 MB; sound quality excellent
Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, the possibility of life after death, and the power of fate. The novella is a significant part of the Victorian tradition of horror fiction.
Episode 1
Latimer recalls the first time he knew for certain he could see in to the future.
Episode 2
Latimer's brother has fallen in love with Bertha. Her thoughts though are the only ones Latimer cannot read.
Episode 3
Latimer has had a clairvoyant vision that he will marry his brother's wife, Bertha. But how can that possibly be?
Episode 4
After his brother's death, Latimer realises that his chilling premonition may just come true...
Episode 5
As Latimer begins to lose his mind-reading powers - an old friend persuades him to take part in an extraordinary experiment.
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