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A Book at Bedtime: Expensive Lessons

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett
Read by
Derek Godfrey

'Having never seen virtuous Frenchwomen before, he reflected also that this elegantly dressed young lady, with her well-developed shoulders and exaggeratedly small waist, in all probability followed another calling as well as giving French lessons.'
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Author:
Anton Chekhov
Translated by:
Constance Garnett
Reader:
Derek Godfrey
Producer:
Maurice Leitch
Source: Radio Times

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