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The Essay The Book that Changed Me Episodes

    Inua Ellams on Terry Pratchett

    5/5 The poet and playwright on the fantasy comedy 'Pyramids'.

    Alastair Campbell on 'Madame Bovary'

    4/5 Tony Blair's former spokesman on how Flaubert inspired his love of French culture.

    Zarah Hussain on The Arabian Nights

    3/5 The artist describes the inspiration of these legendary tales.

    Henry Marsh on 'War and Peace'

    2/5 Neurosurgeon and writer Henry Marsh on the influence of Tolstoy's epic novel.

    Afua Hirsch on 'Wide Sargasso Sea'

    1/5 How journalist and writer Hirsch changed her view of Jean Rhys's novel.