Kate Griffiths is Lecturer in French and Translation at Cardiff University, speciliasing in multi-media adaptation. Andrew Watts is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Birmingham, whose research focuses on the adaptation of nineteenth-century fiction.

'In this volume, key literary works are situated within a highly active network of diverse impulses that extend the critical focus beyond the usual concern of scholars - This major study attentively probes the multimedia and multifaceted dynamics of adaptation.' -Dr Bradley Stephens, School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol 'Griffiths and Watts break new ground in their invigorated intermedial exploration of the adaptive afterlives of leading nineteenth-century French novelists. This significant contribution traverses literary criticism, adaptation studies and media studies, bringing compelling insights, not least in the rarely studied areas of radio and television adaptation.' -Susan Harrow, Ashley Watkins Professor of French, University of Bristol.

• Introduction Kate Griffiths I Labyrinths of Voices: Emile Zola, Germinal and Radio Kate Griffiths II Diamond Thieves and Gold Diggers: Balzac, Silent Cinema and the Spoils of Adaptation Andrew Watts III Fragmented Fictions: Time, Textual Memory and the (Re)Writing of Madame Bovary Andrew Watts IV Les Miserables, Theatre and the Anxiety of Excess Andrew Watts V Chez Maupassant: The (In)Visible Space of Television Adaptation Kate Griffiths VI Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours: Verne, Todd, Coraci and the Spectropoetics of Adaptation Kate Griffiths Conclusion Andrew Watts

Kate Griffiths is Lecturer in French and Translation at Cardiff University, speciliasing in multi-media adaptation. Andrew Watts is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Birmingham, whose research focuses on the adaptation of nineteenth-century fiction.

'In this volume, key literary works are situated within a highly active network of diverse impulses that extend the critical focus beyond the usual concern of scholars - This major study attentively probes the multimedia and multifaceted dynamics of adaptation.' -Dr Bradley Stephens, School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol 'Griffiths and Watts break new ground in their invigorated intermedial exploration of the adaptive afterlives of leading nineteenth-century French novelists. This significant contribution traverses literary criticism, adaptation studies and media studies, bringing compelling insights, not least in the rarely studied areas of radio and television adaptation.' -Susan Harrow, Ashley Watkins Professor of French, University of Bristol.

• Introduction Kate Griffiths I Labyrinths of Voices: Emile Zola, Germinal and Radio Kate Griffiths II Diamond Thieves and Gold Diggers: Balzac, Silent Cinema and the Spoils of Adaptation Andrew Watts III Fragmented Fictions: Time, Textual Memory and the (Re)Writing of Madame Bovary Andrew Watts IV Les Miserables, Theatre and the Anxiety of Excess Andrew Watts V Chez Maupassant: The (In)Visible Space of Television Adaptation Kate Griffiths VI Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours: Verne, Todd, Coraci and the Spectropoetics of Adaptation Kate Griffiths Conclusion Andrew Watts

Kate Griffiths is Lecturer in French and Translation at Cardiff University, speciliasing in multi-media adaptation. Andrew Watts is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Birmingham, whose research focuses on the adaptation of nineteenth-century fiction.

'In this volume, key literary works are situated within a highly active network of diverse impulses that extend the critical focus beyond the usual concern of scholars - This major study attentively probes the multimedia and multifaceted dynamics of adaptation.' -Dr Bradley Stephens, School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol 'Griffiths and Watts break new ground in their invigorated intermedial exploration of the adaptive afterlives of leading nineteenth-century French novelists. This significant contribution traverses literary criticism, adaptation studies and media studies, bringing compelling insights, not least in the rarely studied areas of radio and television adaptation.' -Susan Harrow, Ashley Watkins Professor of French, University of Bristol.

• Introduction Kate Griffiths I Labyrinths of Voices: Emile Zola, Germinal and Radio Kate Griffiths II Diamond Thieves and Gold Diggers: Balzac, Silent Cinema and the Spoils of Adaptation Andrew Watts III Fragmented Fictions: Time, Textual Memory and the (Re)Writing of Madame Bovary Andrew Watts IV Les Miserables, Theatre and the Anxiety of Excess Andrew Watts V Chez Maupassant: The (In)Visible Space of Television Adaptation Kate Griffiths VI Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours: Verne, Todd, Coraci and the Spectropoetics of Adaptation Kate Griffiths Conclusion Andrew Watts