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A book at Bedtime

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Billy Budd
by HERMAN MELVILLE abridged in five parts by VIVIEN CREEGOR Read by Ian Holm (1)
The next instant, quick as a flame from a discharged cannon at night, Billy's right arm shot out and Claggart dropped to the deck.
" Fated boy," breathed Captain Vere in tones so low as to be almost a whisper, " what have you done? " '
Producer MAURICE LEITCH long wave only

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Unknown:
Herman Melville
Unknown:
Vivien Creegor
Read By:
Ian Holm
Producer:
Maurice Leitch
Source: Radio Times

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