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Katherine Mansfield short stories - Sixpence (1985)
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- Fiction
A reading of Sixpence, a short story by Katherine Mansfield. Mrs Bendall persuades her husband Edward to whip their disobedient son Dicky on the advice of her friend Mrs Spears. Edward immediately regrets...
Katherine Mansfield short stories - The little girl (1985)
- Genre
- Fiction; Serial
A reading of The Little Girl, a short story by Katherine Mansfield. Kezia is frightened of her father who hits her with a ruler after she tears up his speech for the Port Authority. All that changes when her...
Katherine Mansfield short stories - A cup of tea (1985)
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- Fiction
Reading of A Cup of Tea, a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. The story follows society lady Rosemary Fell who meets a poor girl named Miss Smith and invites her to tea. Rosemary’s husband Philip...
Katherine Mansfield short stories - Marriage a la mode (1985)
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- Fiction
Reading of Marriage a la Mode, a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. The story follows William, a man commuting home from London on the weekends. His wife Isabel has made new society friends, and this...
Daisy Miller (1985)
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- Fiction; Serial
Concluding episode of reading of Henry James’ novella Daisy Miller, which describes the pursuit in Switzerland and Italy of the American Daisy by her compatriot Winterbourne. Episode covers their meeting...
Precious bane (1985)
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- Fiction; Serial
Reading of a chapter of Precious Bane, a novel by Mary Webb. Taking place in 19th-century Shropshire, the story follows a poor rural family, and in particular Prudence Sarn, a girl with a harelip (cleft lip)...
Precious bane (1985)
- Genre
- Fiction; Serial
Reading of a chapter of Precious Bane, a novel by Mary Webb. Taking place in 19th-century Shropshire, the story follows a poor rural family, and in particular Prudence Sarn, a girl with a harelip (cleft lip)...
Precious bane (1985)
- Genre
- Fiction; Serial
Reading from Precious Bane, a novel by Mary Webb, set in rural Shropshire after the Napoleonic wars, about a girl with a hare-lip. In 19 parts, unable to confirm which part this is. Narrator not identified.
Dracula (1985)
- Genre
- Fiction
Episode of a reading of Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula. Jonathan Harker, who has been working as a servant of the Count at Castle Dracula, discovers a secret room. There he encounters three seductive women,...
Dracula (1985)
- Genre
- Fiction
Episode of a reading of Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula. Lucy writes a letter to Mina in which she recounts how three suitors proposed to her in a single day. She also invites Mina to come visit her in...