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While Sophia escapes with her lover, her sister Constance runs the family drapery shop.

Starring Gillian Kearney and Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries during the 1860s.

Omnibus of the next five of 15 episodes dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Constance .... Gillian Kearney
Gerald Scales .... Nicholas Boulton
Sam Povey .... Ian Dunn
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Chirac .... Tom Smith
Saleswoman .... Rachel Atkins
Englishman .... Chris Moran
Daniel Povey .... Declan Wilson
Maria Inshull .... Rachel Atkins
Madame Foucault .... Rachel Atkins
Mr Critchlow .... Stephen Critchlow
Monsieur Niepce .... John Rowe

Directors: Claire Grove & Pauline Harris

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2004.