{"product_id":"book-i295","title":"Winifred Holtby: A BBC Radio Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull-cast adaptations of three of Winifred Holtby’s best-known novels, plus short stories and bonus programmes about the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinifred Holtby was an acclaimed novelist, journalist, feminist and social reformer. Her work encompasses six novels, two short story collections, a play and the first critical study of Virginia Woolf, but she is best known for her posthumously published masterpiece \u003ci\u003eSouth Riding\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the James Tait Black Memorial Award. She died in 1935, aged just 37.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into a Yorkshire farming family, Holtby set much of her fiction in the landscape of her youth, including the three novels in this collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdapted as a 15-part radio drama, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth Riding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e follows the lives and loves of fiery young headmistress Sarah Burton, landowner and school governor Robert Carne, and alderwoman Mrs Beddowes. \u003cb\u003eSarah Lancashire, Philip Glenister\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eCarole Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e star in this rich, memorable evocation of a community in flux.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnderby Wold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e tells the tale of a farmer’s wife, a radical young writer and a village rocked by social change. Dramatised from Holtby’s 1923 debut novel, it stars \u003cb\u003eJoanna Mackie, Derek Smith\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJoseph Peters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crowded Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, set in the years leading up to World War I, centres around a woman's journey from introspective teenager to self-fulfilled adult. \u003cb\u003eClaire Goose\u003c\/b\u003e stars as heroine Muriel Hammond in this poignant coming-of-age drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWry, witty and irreverent, Holtby’s short stories reflect the diversity of her writing. '\u003cb\u003eThe Celebrity Who Failed'\u003c\/b\u003e, read by \u003cb\u003eAlice Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e, features a girl who learns to walk on water – but is unprepared for the public attention that follows. '\u003cb\u003eWhy Herbert Killed His Mother'\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of a beautiful baby who turns out to be very different as an adult. A searing condemnation of ‘mother love’, it is read by \u003cb\u003eAnna Massey\u003c\/b\u003e. And in '\u003cb\u003eThe Voice of God'\u003c\/b\u003e, read by \u003cb\u003eHugh Dickson\u003c\/b\u003e, a radio-like machine enables people to listen in on the conversations of historical figures – but what will happen once the newspapers get to hear of it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, Holtby’s life, legacy and significance are explored in a \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman’s Hour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e biographical segment and in a revealing radio portrait, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Divided State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, written by Valerie Windsor and featuring \u003cb\u003eAlison Fiske\u003c\/b\u003e as Winifred Holtby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText copyright © Winifred Holtby 1923 (\u003ci\u003eAnderby Wold\u003c\/i\u003e), 1924 (\u003ci\u003eThe Crowded Street\u003c\/i\u003e), 1934 (‘The Celebrity Who Failed’, ‘Why Herbert Killed His Mother’, ‘The Voice of God’), 1936 (\u003ci\u003eSouth Riding\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eContents\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth Riding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnderby Wold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crowded Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The Celebrity Who Failed’\u003cbr\u003e‘Why Herbert Killed His Mother’\u003cbr\u003e‘The Voice of God’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman’s Hour \u003c\/i\u003eextract\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Divided State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49353357721904,"sku":"BDi295","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/461520-i295-Square.jpg?v=1734343951","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i295","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}