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Betjeman's Britain: Poems From the BBC Archives
Author: John Betjeman
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Author John Betjeman
Narrator John Betjeman
Duration 2h 3m
Sir John Betjeman was one of the best-known and loved Poet Laureates. Even after his death, his popularity continues to garner acclaim and new admirers. Fortunately, he left behind a legacy of poetry readings and performances in the BBC archives that can be enjoyed in this comprehensive collection. Selected from over 30 years of radio and televisio...
View BookAuthor: John Milton
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Author John Milton
Narrator Anton Lesser
Duration 3h 55m
A poem of epic scale, which conjures up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranges across huge tracts of space and time. Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, the plight of Adam and Eve and the ambition and vengefulness of Satan and his cohorts.
View BookPurgatory From the Divine Comedy
Author: Alighieri Dante
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Author Alighieri Dante
Narrator Heathcote Williams
Duration 4h 33m
'Purgatory' is the second part of Dante's 'The Divine Comedy'. From Hell, the poet, guided by Virgil, struggles up Mount Purgatory to the Garden of Eden, climbing the terraces populated by souls purging themselves of sin.
View BookAuthor: Seamus (ed.) Heaney
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Author Seamus (ed.) Heaney
Narrator Seamus Heaney
Duration 2h 15m
The Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf was completed in England in the eighth century, although the poem is set in the sixth century in what is now known as Denmark and southwestern Sweden. Against a background of feuding and feasting, the young warrior Beowulf kills Grendel, a huge man-like ogre who has been terrorising Hrothgar, King of the Danes. In retal...
View BookThe Pam Ayres Poetry Collection
Author: Pam Ayres
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Author Pam Ayres
Narrator Pam Ayres
Duration 2h 5m
Pam Ayres reads over 50 of her best-known and loved poems, including 'I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth', 'I'm a Starling, Me Darling' and 'Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter'.
View BookThe Very Best of Robert Browning
Author: Robert Browning
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Author Robert Browning
Narrator James Mason
Duration 1h 33m
English poet and playwright, Robert Browning's mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. Here his finest work is read by James Mason, Boris Karloff and Robert Donat.
View BookWinter Words: Poetry and Personal Writings
Author: Thomas Hardy
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Author Thomas Hardy
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Duration 2h 16m
This selection of Hardy's poetry and prose ranges from charming anthology pieces such as 'Weathers' to the great love poems he wrote after the death of his first wife and meditations on war and philosophy.
View BookAuthor: Edmund Spenser
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Author Edmund Spenser
Narrator John Moffatt
Duration 3h 58m
This remarkable poem, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, was the first epic poem in modern English. 'The Faerie Queen' combines dramatic descriptions of chivalrous adventure with picturesque episodes of pageantry, whilst at the same time presenting a deeply-felt allegory of the eternal struggle between Truth and Error.
View BookParadise From the Divine Comedy
Author: Alighieri Dante
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Author Alighieri Dante
Narrator Heathcote Williams
Duration 4h 26m
'Paradise' is the third and final part of Dante's 'The Divine Comedy'. Led by his guide Beatrice, Dante leaves the Earth behind and soars through the heavenly spheres of Paradise to be granted a vision of God's Heavenly court - the angels, the Blessed Virgin and God himself.
View BookAuthor: William Wordsworth
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Author William Wordsworth
Narrator Ian Mckellen
SeriesThe Prelude, Book 2
Duration 57m
William Wordsworth's autobiographical poem The Prelude is arguably the most important piece of poetic writing in our language. Recorded in Wordsworth's home in Grasmere, Cumbria, Wordsworth looks back over events in his early life. Wordsworth believed that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, and in that way it was re...
View BookAuthor: William Wordsworth
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Author William Wordsworth
Narrator Ian Mckellen
SeriesThe Prelude, Book 1
Duration 56m
William Wordsworth's autobiographical poem The Prelude is arguably the most important piece of poetic writing in our language. Recorded in Wordsworth's home in Grasmere, Cumbria, Wordsworth looks back over events in his early life. Wordsworth believed that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, and in that way it was re...
View BookAuthor: William Wordsworth
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Author William Wordsworth
Narrator Ian Mckellen
Duration 1h 53m
William Wordsworth's autobiographical poem The Prelude is arguably the most important piece of poetic writing in our language. Recorded in Wordsworth's home in Grasmere, Cumbria, Wordsworth looks back over events in his early life. Wordsworth believed that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, and in that way it was re...
View BookAuthor: Gillian Clarke
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Author Gillian Clarke
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 3h
A beautiful collection of poems by Gillian Clarke.
View BookAuthor: Nichols Grace
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Author Nichols Grace
Narrator Amelia Donker
Duration 38m
Grace Nichols gives us images that stare us straight in the eye, images of joy, challenge, accusation. Her 'fat black woman' is brash; rejoices in herself; poses awkward questions to politicians, rulers, suitors, to a white world that still turns its back. Grace Nichols writes in a language that is wonderfully vivid yet economical of the pleasures...
View BookAuthor: Christina Rossetti
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Author Christina Rossetti
Narrator Rachel Barry
Duration 5h 55m
A captivating selection of enduring verse by one of the Victorian era's most beloved poets. Christina Rossetti is unique among Victorian poets for the sheer range of her subject matter and the variety of her verse forms. Weaving connections between love and death, triumph and loss, heavenly joys and earthly pleasures, Rossetti's poems startle the i...
View BookAuthor: Fiona Sampson
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Author Fiona Sampson
Narrator Fiona Sampson
Duration 1h 9m
Rough Music is the old English name for a custom of public scapegoating. This collection, read here by the author, is full of disturbing musical echoes, in which brilliant renewals of carol, charm, folksong and ballad explore themes of violence, loss and belonging. Fiona Sampson's characteristic lyric intensity deftly fuses metaphysics and politics...
View BookAuthor: George Mpanga
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Author George Mpanga
Narrator George Mpanga
Duration 1h 8m
Search Party is a thought-provoking and deeply autobiographical collection. From the overtly political 'Go Home' to the deeply personal 'Full-time'; the narrative poems that offer vivid and unapologetic snapshots of inner-city life, such as 'His Mistakes', 'Believer' and the anthemic 'My City'; to the provocative social commentary in 'Lazy Dog' and...
View BookCelebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Author: Maya Angelou
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Author Maya Angelou
Narrator Maya Angelou
Duration 42m
Grace, dignity, and eloquence have long been hallmarks of Maya Angelou's poetry. Her measured verses have stirred our souls, energized our minds, and healed our hearts. Whether offering hope in the darkest of nights or expressing sincere joy at the extraordinariness of the everyday, Maya Angelou has served as our common voice. Celebrations is a col...
View BookAuthor: Leonard Cohen
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Author Leonard Cohen
Narrator Leonard Cohen
Duration 3h 12m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Book of Longing written and read by Leonard Cohen. Book of Longing is Leonard Cohen's first book of new poetry since Book of Mercy was published two decades ago. It collects Cohen's poetry written between the 1980s and 2006, when this book was first published. Book of Longing demonstrates the range and dept...
View BookOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Author: T. S. Eliot
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Author T. S. Eliot
Narrator Miranda Richardson
Duration 48m
The naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there's the name that the family use daily, Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James, Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey - All of them s...
View BookOld Toffer's Book of Consequential Dogs
Author: Christopher Reid
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Author Christopher Reid
Narrator Robert Bathurst
Duration 51m
T. S. Eliot's best-selling collection of practical cat poems has been one of the most successful poetry collections in the world. For the first time in company history a companion volume will be published. Originally conceived by Eliot himself, Old Toffer's Book of Consequential Dog poems are a witty, varied and exquisitely compiled as Eliot's cats...
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