Misfits in France

Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee explore the connections between a group of Victorian writers and artists who crossed the English Channel for different reasons

Misfits in France - Broken in Berneval, Soaked in the Sea

Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee travel to the north coast of France, where, in the late 1860s, the poet Algernon Swinburne spent time, as did the exiled Oscar Wilde 30 years later.

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Misfits in France - Impressions of Honfleur, Reunions in Rouen

Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee on the Victorian writers and artists who went to France. Hermione and Julian visit the museum in Rouen, where Wilde was reunited with Douglas.

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Misfits in France - Wilde about Dieppe

Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee examine differing fortunes of Oscar Wilde and the painter Walter Sickert during their time in the French town of Dieppe.

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