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Pride and Prejudice: The Woman's Hour Serial
Author: Jane Austen
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Author Jane Austen
Narrator Patricia Hodge
Duration 4h 1m
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." When Mr Darcy comes to stay with his friend Bingley at Netherfield, Lizzie Bennet is as repulsed by his arrogance and pride as he is by her younger sisters and her mother. Their unusual and antagonistic courtship foems a warmly pe...
View BookAuthor: Antonia Fraser
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Author Antonia Fraser
Narrator Patricia Hodge
Duration 6h 30m
Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's mistresses, principally Louise de La Valliere, Athenais de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon, but also the wider story of his relationships with wom...
View BookPatricia Hodge Is Mattie, A Liberated Woman
Author: Juliet Ace
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Author Juliet Ace
Narrator Patricia Hodge
Duration 4h 55m
Patricia Hodge stars as Mattie in Juliet Ace's four linked dramas, written especially for Patricia's voice, in which Mattie reflects on her life as a naval wife, an actress and as a mother and daughter. In these funny and beautifully observed performances we come to meet Mattie as she shares her hard-earned understanding of her life, in all its int...
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