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' THE ART OF READING '—VI

National Programme
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Mr. DESMOND MACCARTHY : Life Stories of Ordinary Men-Dickens'
The fact that 4,239 new novels were published in 1931 should suffice to draw listeners to Mr. MacCarthy for reintroduction to master-pieces that have stood the test of time, and for guidance in the wilderness of modern writing. ' David Copperfiel (l,' Dickens' own favourite and most popular novel, serves as the peg for consideration of the cradlo to grave realism ' that is so largely responsible for the spate.

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Mr. Desmond MacCarthy
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David Copperfiel
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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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