{"product_id":"book-gln0","title":"Sylvia Townsend Warner: A BBC Radio Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBBC radio productions of the works of Sylvia Townsend Warner - plus bonus programmes about the author herself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner was a prolific author of novels, short stories and poetry, who also wrote a biography of T. H. White, translated Proust and was an authority on Tudor church music. A sharp, insightful storyteller, she was one of the 20th Century's most acute observers of English mores, and her work is infused with subversive themes reflecting her feminist and Marxist views.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive anthology includes dramatisations of her two best-known novels, beginning with her 1926 debut, \u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Prix Femina and launched her literary career. \u003cb\u003eLouise Brealey\u003c\/b\u003e stars in this joyously comic tale of a respectable, middle-class spinster who finally finds fulfilment in life by taking up witchcraft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNext up is \u003ci\u003eThe True Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, an imaginative retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth. Set in 1873, it tells the story of orphaned maidservant Sukey, who falls in love, but is cruelly parted from her beloved. Believing that only Queen Victoria can help, she sets off on a heroic journey to see her... \u003cb\u003eTilly Vosburgh\u003c\/b\u003e stars, with \u003cb\u003eMick Ford\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eTheresa Streatfeild\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are followed by three short stories: 'The Proper Circumstances' (read by \u003cb\u003eJoanna McCallum\u003c\/b\u003e), 'One Thing Leading to Another' (read by \u003cb\u003eMargaret Tyzack\u003c\/b\u003e) and 'Oxenhope' (read by \u003cb\u003eEdward Petherbridge\u003c\/b\u003e). Also featured is the Radio 4 series \u003ci\u003eStories of Sylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/i\u003e, comprising five short tales - 'Flora', 'A Scent of Roses', 'English Mosaic', 'Furnivall's Hoopoe' and 'The Listening Woman' - all read by \u003cb\u003ePenelope Wilton\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcluding our collection are two bonus programmes: \u003ci\u003eComrade Ackland and I\u003c\/i\u003e, Frances Bingham's original drama based on the true story of Sylvia Townsend Warner and her partner, poet Valentine Ackland; and \u003ci\u003eThe Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Irene Sutcliffe reads five extracts from the journal kept by the novelist from 1927 to her death in 1978.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eContents\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe True Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Proper Circumstances'\u003cbr\u003e'One Thing Leading to Another'\u003cbr\u003e'Oxenhope'\u003cbr\u003e'Flora'\u003cbr\u003e'A Scent of Roses'\u003cbr\u003e'English Mosaic'\u003cbr\u003e'Furnivall's Hoopoe'\u003cbr\u003e'The Listening Woman'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eComrade Ackland and I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published 1926 (\u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e), 1929 (\u003ci\u003eThe True Heart\u003c\/i\u003e), 1944 ('The Proper Circumstances'), 1962 ('One Thing Leading to Another'), 1964 ('English Mosaic'), 1966 ('Oxenhope'), 1969 ('Furnivall's Hoopoe), 1972 ('A Scent of Roses', 'The Listening Woman'), 1977 ('Flora')\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49358059077936,"sku":"BDgln0","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/61304-gln0-Square.jpg?v=1734441989","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gln0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}