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Book at Bedtime - A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy - Episode 4

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Bill Nighy reads from Laurence Sterne's 1768 comic riposte to his contemporary Tobias Smollett's travel journal. After checking into a hotel, Yorick is struck by the prettiness of his chambermaid; although nothing would induce him to consider anything improper. Moments later, however, he is given an advanced lesson in the art of begging. Abriged by Robin Brooks. A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.