The Baines sisters are leaving school, but Sophia has ambitions beyond the family shop.

Starring Gillian Kearney and Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries, during the 1860s.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Constance .... Gillian Kearney
Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Mr Baines .... John Rowe
Mrs Baines .... Barbara Marten
Miss Chetwynd .... Rachel Atkins

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004. Show less