Babette’s Feast 

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Sylvestra Le Touzel

Karen Blixen

Eilidh McCreadie

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As the exquisite food and wine are consumed, past wounds heal and old friends reconnect.

Old friends reconnect and past wounds heal – but the true cost of the feast is yet to become clear. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel.

As the exquisite food and wine are consumed, old fractures are healed and broken friendships mended. But the true cost of the feast will become clear when Babette reveals the truth about her past. 

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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