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The Secret Life of Books Series 2 Clips

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  1. Web exclusive: John Sergeant discovers some of Ransome's original sketches for his children's classic.Swallows and Amazons

    Duration: 00:48

  2. John Sergeant rummages through Arthur Ramsome's luggageSwallows and Amazons

    Duration: 01:44

  3. Joanna Trollope looks at the orginal manuscript of "Cider with Rosie"Cider with Rosie

    Duration: 01:16

  4. "Cider with Rosie" fan Joanna Trollope visits Laurie Lee's childhood homeCider with Rosie

    Duration: 02:44

  5. Joanna Trollope looks at one of Laurie Lee's early schoolboy storiesCider with Rosie

    Duration: 02:34

  6. “A fathomless misery” — John Cooper Clarke shares his first impressions of the Lake DistrictConfessions of an English Opium Eater

    Duration: 00:52

  7. John Cooper Clarke explores De Quincey’s early reasons for using OpiumConfessions of an English Opium Eater

    Duration: 01:55

  8. George Eliot's heroine faces her Great TemptationThe Mill on the Floss

    Duration: 01:59

  9. How George Eliot's fluctuating emotions can be seen in her handwritingThe Mill on the Floss

    Duration: 01:13

  10. How did George Eliot satirise the way in which society pigeonholed young women?The Mill on the Floss

    Duration: 01:29

  11. Nicholas Parsons visits the estate of the 13th Earl of Darby, who invited Lear to draw the animals in the menagerieEdward Lear's Nonsense Songs

    Duration: 01:42

  12. Nicholas Parsons with art collector and Lear aficionado, Derek Jones, discussing Edward Lear’s travels and sketchingEdward Lear's Nonsense Songs

    Duration: 02:42

  13. Nicholas Parsons, a lifelong fan of Edward Lear, revisits the book that gave the world The Owl and the PussycatEdward Lear's Nonsense Songs

    Duration: 01:41

  14. What lies behind Spenser's restless poetic technique?The Faerie Queene

    Duration: 02:27

  15. As war closes in around him Spenser's life and work comes to a dramatic climaxThe Faerie Queene

    Duration: 01:06

  16. Unpicking the hidden meaning behind "The Faerie Queene"The Faerie Queene

    Duration: 01:48