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Precious bane

Title
Precious bane
Genre
Fiction; Serial
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1985
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Duration
00:38:13
Description
Precious Bane, a novel by Mary Webb, set in rural Shropshire at the time of the Battle of Waterloo, about a girl with a hare-lip. In 19 parts. In this episode Book 4, Chapter 4 (Pt 2); Book 4, Chapters 5, 6 and 7 (final part). Narrator is not identified.
Further information
See: http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/etexts/E000112.htm.
Contributors
Mary Webb
Keywords
Books; Fiction; Rural areas; Country life; Radio book readings; Shropshire

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