The Post Office Girl

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0220090407Poor, shy Christine is transformed into a beautiful, confident young woman.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

0320090408Christine's new-found happiness is ruined when a jealous rival spreads gossip.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

0420090409Christine and Ferdinand grow closer but their hopes are curtailed by a lack of money.

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0520090410As their resources finally run out, Christine and Ferdinand are faced with two choices.

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Emma Gregory reads Stefan Zweig's reworking of the Cinderella story, set in post-First World War Austria.

Christine, who once enjoyed a comfortable middle-class existence, finds herself reduced to poverty and forced to work as a low-ranking official in the local post office. Then one day, out of the blue, a telegram arrives from her rich American aunt.

Christine, reduced to poverty after the First World War, receives a telegram from her aunt

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