Precious bane

Title

Precious bane

Genre

Fiction; Serial

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1985

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:35:18

Description

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) who falls in love with the local weaver. Chapter somewhere mid-story. Female reader not identified.

Contributors

Mary Webb

Keywords

Books; Rural areas; Country life; Radio book readings; Shropshire

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.