Episode 3
Upon stepping into a glove seller's to ask directions, Yorick is so enchanted by the glove seller that he feels compelled to buy several pairs, whether they fit him or not.
Bill Nighy reads from Laurence Sterne's 1768 comic riposte to his contemporary Tobias Smollett's travel journal.
Upon stepping into a glove seller's to ask directions, Yorick is so enchanted by the glove seller that he feels compelled to buy several pairs, whether they fit him or not.
Abridged by Robin Brooks.
A Pacificus production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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- Wed 26 Aug 2009 22:45大象传媒 Radio 4
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