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Book at Bedtime - Riceyman Steps - Episode 1

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Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett about the poignant struggles of everyday London life. It is a year since the end of the First World War, and Londoners are struggling to return to normal life. But on Riceyman Steps a secondhand bookseller is already contemplating a significant change to his circumstances. A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.