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Afternoon Reading: Three Short Stories by E Nesbit

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Three Short Stories by E Nesbit

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Episode 2: The Bristol Bowl

The Bristol Bowl

BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Reading, Three Short Stories by E Nesbit, The Bristol Bowl

A comic tale of broken porcelain and a surprising offer of marriage.

A comic tale of broken porcelain and a surprising offer of marriage. By the author of The Railway Children. Read by Jenny Agutter.

Jane's aunt is a real ogre to work for, but Jane is after her money, so she puts up with it. 

Everything is going to plan, until the day Jane smashes The Bristol Bowl- aunt's prize bit of porcelain. That disaster takes her on her first trip to London and a very surprising offer of marriage.

Reader: Jenny Agutter
Abridged by Roy Apps


Producer/Director: Celia de Wolff
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.

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A series of stories for adults by the author of The Railway Children

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