Babette’s Feast 

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Sylvestra Le Touzel

Karen Blixen

Eilidh McCreadie

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As Babette plans her special meal, the sisters dread the day that she returns to France.

The sisters are dreading the inevitable day that Babette returns to France with her windfall. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel.

Babette’s excitement grows as she makes detailed preparations for her special meal. Meanwhile Martine and Phillipa grow heavy hearted at the thought of Babette’s inevitable return to France with her lottery windfall.

Sylvestra Le Touzel reads Karen Blixen’s classic story.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.

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