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    Escape - Three and Sixpence
    Escape - Three and Sixpence
    Escape - Three and Sixpence
    Audiobook16 minutes

    Escape - Three and Sixpence

    Written by Winifred Holtby

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Winifred Holtby (1898 – 1935) was an English novelist, short story writer and journalist.

    "Escape - Three and Sixpence" is a haunting short story which opens with a Yorkshire housewife putting her head into the gas oven to commit suicide to escape her unbearable life of drudgery. We are swept along with the thoughts and emotions which go through her mind... and the roller-coaster of emotions as events unfold.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateNov 5, 2016
    ISBN9781509421688
    Escape - Three and Sixpence

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