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The Hired Girl: Part 1

A girl spending the summer as live-in help for a wealthy Ontario family feels the sting of class distinction for the first time. Read by Laurel Lefkow.

Alice Munro’s short stories, often set in small-town Canada, weave together fiction and autobiography to explore the complexities of human life. The author, who died in May, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.

In “The Hired Girl”, a summer spent working as the live-in help for a wealthy family opens a young woman’s eyes to previously unencountered class distinctions.

Read by Laurel Lefkow
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

14 minutes

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Sep 2024 22:45