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PEN PORTRAIT

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Character studies from
Thomas Hardy , Jane Austen and Charles Dickens
4: Catherine Morland from ' Northanger Abbey ' by Jane Austen
. arranged by Donald Bancroft
' Catherine reached the age of seventeen without having seen one amicable youth who could call forth her passion. But when a young lady is to be a heroine, something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.'
Reader, Betty Hardy

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Jane Austen
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Catherine Morland
Unknown:
Jane Austen
Arranged By:
Donald Bancroft
Reader:
Betty Hardy
Source: Radio Times

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