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Pride and Prejudice: The Woman's Hour Serial
Author: Jane Austen
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Author Jane Austen
Narrator Patricia Hodge
Duration 4h 1m
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." When Mr Darcy comes to stay with his friend Bingley at Netherfield, Lizzie Bennet is as repulsed by his arrogance and pride as he is by her younger sisters and her mother. Their unusual and antagonistic courtship foems a warmly pe...
View BookPatricia Hodge Is Mattie, A Liberated Woman
Author: Juliet Ace
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Author Juliet Ace
Narrator Patricia Hodge
Duration 4h 55m
Patricia Hodge stars as Mattie in Juliet Ace's four linked dramas, written especially for Patricia's voice, in which Mattie reflects on her life as a naval wife, an actress and as a mother and daughter. In these funny and beautifully observed performances we come to meet Mattie as she shares her hard-earned understanding of her life, in all its int...
View BookAuthor: Mary Berry
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Author Mary Berry
Narrator Patricia Hodge
Duration 10h
Born in 1935, in the city of Bath, Mary's childhood was a curious mix of idyllic picnics and ramblings, and alarming air raids; of a spirited and outdoorsy home life and a dreaded school existence. All nearly cut horribly short by an almost fatal bout of polio when she was thirteen, which isolated Mary in hospital, away from beloved family and frie...
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