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It is a year since the end of the First World War. On Riceyman Steps, a secondhand bookseller contemplates a significant change to his circumstances.

Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.

It is a year since the end of the First World War, and Londoners are struggling to return to normal life. But on Riceyman Steps a secondhand bookseller is already contemplating a significant change to his circumstances.

A Waters Partnership production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

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Mon 30 Nov 2009 22:45

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