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Getting to Know The King

Afternoon ReadingThree Stories By Giovanni Verga
Episode 2 of 3

Series of stories about farming folk by the Sicilian writer of the 1870s, laced with dry humour.

It should be an honour taking the King in your wagon, but after the fireworks and trumpets die down and the journey beckons, Cosimo begins to worry. Read by Dermot Crowley

Read by Dermot Crowley.

18 minutes

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Sun 27 Nov 201100:30
BBC Radio 4

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  • Wed 3 Jun 200915:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 27 Nov 201100:30
    BBC Radio 4