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A collection of BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations adapted from the works of bestselling Ukrainian-Jewish novelist Irne Némirovsky.

Irne Némirovsky (24 February 1903 - 17 August 1942) was a bestselling Ukrainian-Jewish novelist. Having fled Russia at the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917, her family settled in Paris, where she lived for more than half of her life. However, Némirovsky was never granted French citizenship and, despite her having been baptised into the Roman Catholic Church, this led to her arrest as a "stateless person of Jewish decent" on 13 July 1942. This resulted in her being transferred to Auschwitz on 17 July 1942, where she died from typhus a month after arriving.

While during her life she was well regarded as a writer, she is now best known for writing the Suite Franaise, an incomplete series of novellas discovered by her daughter fifty years after her death. This collection includes one of the completed novellas from that cycle, Dolce, alongside three other full-cast dramatisations of her works, which were written against the backdrop of this turbulent period of history:

The Misunderstanding: Yves is a disappointed young man, scarred by the First World War. He returns to the Spanish resort where he spent blissful childhood holidays and becomes infatuated by the beautiful, bored Denise, whose rich husband is away on business. However, their relationship is snagged by both personal and social thorns and, back in Paris, their love is challenged by a mutual misunderstanding.

Jezebel: Accused of shooting her much younger lover dead, the beautiful, but no longer young, Gladys Eysenachs trial is taking place. Will looking into her past explain why she killed him?

Dolce: The second novella from the Suite Franaise, which shows what life was like in the small French town of Bussy during the first, strangely peaceful, months of the German occupation.

The Dogs and the Wolves: Ada Sinner grows up during the Jewish pogroms in Ukraine in the early 20th century. When her Aunt Raisia and cousins come to live with her and her father, she feels more alone than ever. But then Ada discovers another cousin, the rich and distant Harry Sinner, and a lifelong passion and love for Harry begins.

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BBC radio adaptations of four acclaimed works from the bestselling Ukrainian-born author Irne Némirovsky

Best known for her posthumously published novel Suite Franaise, Irne Némirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903. Her family fled the Russian Revolution for Paris, where she found fame as a novelist. But when the Nazis occupied France, she was arrested as a Jew and sent to Auschwitz, where she died aged just 39. This collection includes four of her best works, dramatised for radio with a full cast.

The Misunderstanding - Scarred by war, Yves returns to the Spanish resort of his childhood. There he meets beautiful, bored Denise, and the duo embark on an affair. But their love is challenged by mutual misunderstanding. Described as Némirovskys Madame Bovary, this compelling tale of passion and regret stars Sarah Smart and Joseph Kloska.

Jezebel - 1935, and Gladys Eysenach, a beautiful, elegant woman obsessed with her lost youth, is on trial for shooting dead her much younger lover. Delving into her past, she recounts the key events that led to the murder. Frances Barber stars as Gladys, with Anna Francolini as Némirovsky.

Dolce - In 1941, a German regiment is billeted in a French village. In the Angellier household two warring women pack away their valuables and prepare to meet the enemy. An adaptation of the second, standalone volume of Némirovskys masterpiece, Suite Franaise, this searing depiction of France under German occupation stars Sian Thomas, Eve Best, Deborah Findlay and James DArcy.

The Dogs and the Wolves - Growing up during the Jewish pogroms in Ukraine, Ada falls in love with her rich cousin, Harry Sinner. But her poor cousin, Ben, is in love with her. When both families move to Paris, Ada becomes an artist, while Harry moves in elite French society. Then one day, he sees two of Adas paintings, and her life is changed forever... Sarah Smart stars as Ada, with Carl Prekopp as Harry and Graeme Hawley as Ben, in Némirovskys epic tale of family, finance and fate.

First published 1926 (The Misunderstanding), 1937 (Jezebel), 2006 (Dolce), 2009 (The Dogs and the Wolves)

Cast and credits
Written by Irne Némirovsky
Translated by Sandra Smith

The Misunderstanding
Cast: Joseph Kloska, Sarah Smart, Charlotte Sienna Lee, Jake Ferretti, Evan Jones, Rupert Hill, Emma Gregory
Dramatised by Lin Coghlan
Directed by Pauline Harris
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 21-25 January 2019

Jezebel
Cast: Frances Barber, Anna Francolini, Natasha Cowley, David Sterne, Keziah Joseph, Victoria Brazier, Conrad Nelson, Ellen Dryden, John Catterall, Ashley Margolis
Dramatised by Ellen Dryden
Produced and directed by Pauline Harris
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7-11 November 2016

Dolce
Cast: Sian Thomas, Eve Best, Deborah Findlay, James DArcy, Alex Tregear, Stuart McLoughlln, Teresa Gallagher
Adapted by Penny Leicester
Produced and directed by Di Speirs
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 14-18 August 2006

The Dogs and the Wolves
Cast: Anna Francolini, Sarah Smart, Carl Prekopp, Graeme Hawley, Sydney Wade, Ellis Hollins, Ben Hanley, Will Tacey, Olwen May, Fiona Clarke, Natalie Grady, Will Tacey
Dramatised by Ellen Dryden
Produced and directed by Pauline Harris
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 10-14 June 2013

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