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9. Little Compton, Cornwall

Stevens's professional calm is interrupted by a new guest, and a momentous meeting with Miss Kenton. Read by John Moffatt.

Stevens' professional calm is interrupted by a new guest.

Stevens is looking back on a lifetime of service as butler in one of the great stately homes of England.

Coming to the end of his career, he belatedly puts his life into perspective.

Kazuo Ishiguro's 1989 Booker Prize winning novel.

Abridged by Catherine Czerkawska.

Read by John Moffatt.

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1990.

15 minutes

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