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Forced to take refuge in a roadside inn, Yorick is forced to share a bedroom with a stranger and her maid. The precautions for managing such a situation border on the Baroque.

Bill Nighy reads from Laurence Sterne's 1768 comic riposte to his contemporary Tobias Smollett's travel journal.

Forced to take refuge in a roadside inn, Yorick is forced to share a bedroom with a stranger and her maid. The precautions for managing such a situation border on the Baroque.

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

A Pacificus production for 成人快手 Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Aug 2009 22:45

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  • Fri 28 Aug 2009 22:45

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