Episode 1
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 BBC Radio 4.
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- Mon 30 Nov 200922:45BBC Radio 4
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