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Book at Bedtime: Jo Baker - Longbourn

Sophie Thompson

Sara Davies

Mary Ward-Lowery

Jo Baker

Book at Bedtime: Jo Baker - Longbourn: Episode 1

Jo Baker - Longbourn

Episode 1

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Washing ruins Sarah's hands, and a new footman arrives.

4 Extra Debut. Washing ruins Sarah's hands, and a new footman arrives. Pride and Prejudice from the viewpoint of the household servants. Read by Sophie Thompson.

By Jo Baker. The story of 'Pride and Prejudice from the servants' point of view.

It is wash-day for the housemaids at Longbourn House and Sarah's hands are chapped and raw. 

'If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats', Sarah thought, she would be more careful not to tramp through muddy fields.' 

The peace - or monotony - of domestic life below stairs is about to be disturbed the the arrival of a new footman, James.

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Jo Baker reimagines Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice from the servants' viewpoint

Jo Baker reimagines Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice from the viewpoint of the Bennet household servants. Abridged by Sara Davies. Read by Sophie Thompson.

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