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The Return

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A story of thwarted love and ambition set amongst the woodsmen and women of Little Hintock. Read by Juliet Stevenson.

After finishing school, Grace Melbury returns to her small woodland village, where her childhood sweetheart Giles Winterbourne is waiting for her...

First published in 1887, Thomas Hardy's classic tale of thwarted love and ambition set amongst the woodsmen and women of Little Hintock.

Read by Juliet Stevenson.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.

15 minutes

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Tue 21 Aug 201802:00
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