The Winters and The Palmleys
The aged groceress remembers a lonely old lady from the village - 'dead these five-and-twenty year at least' - who had good reason to be aloof from her neighbours. From Mar 2016.
The aged groceress remembers a lonely old lady from the village, "dead these five-and-twenty year at least" who had good reason to be so aloof from her neighbours. (1891) Read by Richard Mitchley.
These tales from Thomas Hardy published between 1877 and 1929, possess all the power of his novels: the wealth of description, the realistic portrayal of the age old lore of Wessex, the 'Chaucerian' humour and the shrewd insights into human nature. They tenderly re-create, what was even then, a rapidly vanishing rural world and yet the narratives remain timeless in their embrace of both the farcical and the tragic aspects of daily life.
Abridged by Isobel Creed
Produced by Lizzie Davies
Made for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Extra by Waters Company Productions.
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