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This BBC Radio collection includes the Booker nominated A Month in the Country. Be transported to the Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where, in the aftermath of the First World War, survivor Tom Birkin spends a summer uncovering a medieval mural in the local church.

An award-wining poet, short story writer and novelist, Walter de la Mare is probably best known for his works for children and his perennially popular poem ‘The Listeners’. His ghost stories were much admired by H. P. Lovecraft and inspired subsequent authors of supernatural horror such as Robert Aickman and Ramsey Campbell. In 1921, his novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction, and this haunting, surrealistic tale is the opening tale in our anthology.

A new adaptation of L. P. Hartley's story of a boy who is betrayed by a sophisticated young rich woman and her farmer lover who use him to ferry letters back and forth in the blazing summer of 1900 - with Richard Griffiths and Harriet Walter. It's best known from the 1970 film, which focused on the main plot line. But on re-reading the book, adaptor Frances Byrnes found within it another drama perfect for audio in which an old man finds a boyhood diary and is forced to unlock the trauma inside.

Writers once dreamed of writing novels. Now screenplays top the dream list. Hear two top teachers explain the sometimes ungentle art of writing salable movie and television scripts.

This collection of letters conveys timeless tales of love and passion written by some of the most interesting male figures in history, including revolutionary thinkers, visionary painters, and enlightened writers. Even dark minds like Edgar Allan Poe experience love, and each letter reveals personal desires, intimate details, and intense emotions.

So zornig war der alte Graf über die Heirat seines Sohnes mit einer Amerikanerin gewesen, dass er ihn enterbte. Wie sehr er ihm dabei unrecht tat, muss er später einsehen, als er seinen kleinen Enkel und einzigen Erben nach England holt. Der kleine Lord Fauntleroy lebt nun bei seinem Großvater in dem großen Schloss, getrennt von seiner Mutter, der nach dem frühen Tod des Vaters seine ganze Liebe gehört. Unerwartet schnell gewinnt der aufgeweckte kleine Junge das Herz des verbitterten alten Mannes. Weder Reichtum noch macht können den liebenswerten Charakter des kleinen Lords verändern.