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A Book at Bedtime

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A Cab at the Door by V.S. PRITCHETT abridged in 15 parts by DONALD BANCROFT
Read by Peter Jeffrey 1: The Family
This early autobiography of the renowned writer and critic covers his childhood and youth - moving house 18 times before he was 12, shunted happily from the hurlyburly of Edwardian London to the peace of the countryside in Yorkshire and the company of his rich relations in Ipswich.
His ambitions to become a writer are baulked at every turn by the mockery and prohibitions of his father, till he makes his escape from his background at the age of 20. Producer MARGARET ETALL
(Peter Jeffrey is a National Theatre player)
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