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Sylvia 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. This comprehensive anthology includes dramatisations of her two best-known novels.

A marriage of dynasty: that is what is expected of Mary Sidney. A marriage to Sir Henry Herbert, earl of Pembroke, to be precise. But Mary’s sharp mind longs to work on her writing and translation projects and perhaps learn more of the alchemical arts at the elbow of the dazzling Walter Raleigh. Rose Commin, a young country girl with a surprising talent for drawing, is desperate to shrug off the slurs of witchcraft which have tarnished life at home. The opportunity to work at Wilton House, the Herbert’s Wiltshire home, is her chance.

Stacy Keach stars in this shocking tale of a Polk Street dentist and his wife in 1899 San Francisco. Frank Norris’ powerful insights into the depths of the human soul make this a story of compelling narrative force. This seminal novel about murder, obsession and the destructive effects of greed features an all-star cast including Stacy Keach, Edward Asner, Ed Begley Jr., Bud Cort, Hector Elizondo, Teri Garr, Katherine Helmond, Helen Hunt, Amy Irving, Carol Kane, Marsha Mason, Richard Masur, Judge Reinhold, and more.

Learn about the philosophy behind director greats like Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan and dive into screenwriting nightmares like Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman: 1984 in The Wisecrack Movie Buffs Collection!

You’ve crossed over, you’ve stayed in your lane, you’ve persevered through heartaches, heartbreaks, and devastating pain. You’ve come through storms that were sent to break you apart, to cause wind-sheer while you battled in the dark. All of that pain and suffering was not in vain, they established your foundation and caused you to remain. There is a reward straight ahead, waiting for you because you didn’t allow your pain to become your bed. I saw you rejoice when hope was nowhere to be found, when it looked like you were going down even about to drown.

Blood, guts, screams, and...philosophy? Listen in as Wisecrack breaks down the philosophy behind top horror movies like the Saw franchise, It, American Psycho, and more in this curated collection available for the first time in audio.