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The True Primitive
Emma Fielding reads Elizabeth Taylor's short story The True Primitive. Lily finds it increasingly difficult to compete for her lover's attention, with his father the main rival.
Elizabeth Taylor's short story. As summer approaches, Lily finds it increasingly difficult to compete for her lover's attention. Her rival? His father, who, obsessed with his own lack of cultural upbringing, is determined his sons will not suffer the same fate.
Reader: Emma Fielding
Producer: Hannah Robins.
Last on
Wed 10 Sep 201420:10
BBC Radio 3
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David Baddiel talks about Elizabeth Taylor's Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
Bookclub to celebrate the centenary of Taylor's birth
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'Lily had not considered culture until she fell in love'
Duration: 00:28
Broadcast
- Wed 10 Sep 201420:10BBC Radio 3
