- Teenage girls, British Broadcasting Corporation, Fiction, Radio broadcasting
In the height of enemy bombing during World War II, a series of human dramas unfolds as the BBC transforms its concert hall into a dormitory for men and women, conflict erupts between two departmental directors, and sixteen-year-old Annie falls hopelessly in love.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Penelope Fitzgerald
- First published
- May 6, 2003
- Pages
- 205
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, Impedimenta, Flamingo
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780851197920
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“Inside Broadcasting House, the Department of Recorded Programmes was sometimes called the Seraglio, because its Director found that he could work better when surrounded by young women.”
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