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2. 1932 to 1937: Literature and Love

Episode 2 of 5

Marriage, the Essex countryside and TS Eliot: more life and times of the much-loved wordsmith. Read by Michael Williams.

Marriage, the Essex countryside and TS Eliot: more life and times of the much-loved wordsmith.

A selection from the first volume of John Betjeman's letters. From lively university days, an initial shaky start to his career, to love, literature, architecture, religion and the war.

In this episode, 1932 to 1937: Literature and Love.

Read by Michael Williams.

Abridged by Andrew Simpson.
Producer Marion Nancarrow.

First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 4 in September 1995.

15 minutes

On radio

Tue 18 Mar 2025 08:30

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  • Tue 29 Jan 2008 13:45
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