Episode 1
Christine, reduced to poverty in post-First World War Austria and forced to work in the local post office, receives a telegram from her rich American aunt.
Emma Gregory reads Stefan Zweig's reworking of the Cinderella story, set in post-First World War Austria.
Christine, who once enjoyed a comfortable middle-class existence, finds herself reduced to poverty and forced to work as a low-ranking official in the local post office. Then one day, out of the blue, a telegram arrives from her rich American aunt.
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- Mon 6 Apr 200922:45BBC Radio 4
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