British Poetry
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In words remarkable for their richness of rhythm and imagery, Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall, and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men". Here, unabridged, and told with exceptional sensitivity and power by Anton Lesser, is the plight of Adam and Eve, the ambition and vengefulness of Satan and his cohorts.
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Sonorous metal
- By Francis on 06-12-07
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Paradise Lost
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 26-12-04
- Language: English
- Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men"....
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The Essential Dylan Thomas
- By: Dylan Thomas
- Narrated by: Dylan Thomas, Richard Bebb, Jason Hughes, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
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This varied, well-chosen selection brings onto one audiobook the best of Dylan Thomas. Here is the legendary recording of "Under Milk Wood", with Richard Burton and Richard Bebb as narrators; but here also are two radio productions he wrote before that great classic, and though interesting in their own right, they show how "Under Milk Wood" grew gradually in his imagination.
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This is a book of poetry: but!
- By peter revill on 09-01-16
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The Essential Dylan Thomas
- Narrated by: Dylan Thomas, Richard Bebb, Jason Hughes, Richard Burton
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 26-12-04
- Language: English
- This varied, well-chosen selection brings onto one audiobook the best of Dylan Thomas....
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Walking Home
- Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In summer 2010 Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way. The challenging 256 mile route is usually approached from south to north, from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm, the other side of the Scottish border. He resolved to tackle it the other way round: through beautiful and bleak terrain, across lonely fells and into the howling wind, he would be walking home, towards the Yorkshire village where he was born.
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A relaxing and enjoyable read
- By Sue McW on 12-06-13
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Walking Home
- Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-04-13
- Language: English
- In summer 2010 Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way....
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The Poetry of England, Volume 1
- By: William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, William Blake, and others
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport, Nigel Planer, Jan Francis, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The English language has grown into the world’s pre-dominant spoken language, containing over one million words. Its sources are rich and diverse, having absorbed words from other cultures and times without hesitation. With such talents as Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Kipling, Blake, and many other classic poets using this most flexible language to render their thoughts and visions, it is no wonder that the beauty and reach of English entrances us.
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The Poetry of England, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport, Nigel Planer, Jan Francis, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Release date: 15-10-10
- Language: English
- Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Kipling, Blake, and many other classic poets here render their thoughts and visions....
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The Drifted Stream
- An Anthology of British and Irish Poetry
- By: Andrew Motion
- Narrated by: Matt Addis, Nicholas Boulton, Imogen Church, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In this comprehensive anthology, former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has gathered together exceptional poems from the 14th century through to the present day, creating an extraordinary poetic journey for the listener. From the love poems of Shelley and Keats to the grim war elegies of Owen and Sassoon, there is a poem here for every sentiment, each with something different to offer.
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Listen again and again
- By how_london on 13-03-24
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The Drifted Stream
- An Anthology of British and Irish Poetry
- Narrated by: Matt Addis, Nicholas Boulton, Imogen Church, Simon Dormandy, Stephen Hogan, Joe Jameson, Jonathan Keeble, Shaheen Khan, Abraham Popoola, David Rintoul, Natalie Simpson, Siân Thomas, Homer Todiwala, Gabby Wong, Leo Wringer
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 26-01-23
- Language: English
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In this comprehensive anthology, former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has gathered together exceptional poems from the 14th century through to the present day, creating an extraordinary poetic journey for the listener.
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The Essential Kipling
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas, Martin Jarvis, Richard Pasco, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Throughout his life Kipling never stopped writing. Greatly revered during his own lifetime and recipient of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature The Essential Kipling celebrates a truly prolific and varied career; with his poetry and stories interpreted vividly by wonderful actors.
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The Essential Kipling
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas, Martin Jarvis, Richard Pasco, Liza Goddard
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 14-03-08
- Language: English
- The Essential Kipling celebrates a truly prolific and varied career; with Kipling's poetry and stories interpreted vividly by wonderful actors....
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Poetry of the British Isles
- By: Saland Publishing
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 54 mins
- Unabridged
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A delightful collection from around the British Isles including Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold, Leisure by W. H Davis and To Autumn by John Keats. Featuring classic recordings by Richard Burton, Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson.
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Poetry of the British Isles
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 54 mins
- Release date: 20-01-14
- Language: English
- A delightful collection from around the British Isles including Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold, Leisure by W. H Davis and To Autumn by John Keats....
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The Highwayman [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Alfred Noyes
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 9 mins
- Unabridged
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A highwayman ravages the countryside, robbing the unsuspecting traveler. He promises to come at midnight for Bess, the landlord’s daughter. But when the redcoats come, and lay a trap for the highwayman at the inn, Bess warns her lover in a method and manner never to be forgotten.
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Boring
- By kate owen on 01-03-20
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The Highwayman [Classic Tales Edition]
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 9 mins
- Release date: 07-05-18
- Language: English
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A highwayman ravages the countryside, robbing the unsuspecting traveler. He promises to come at midnight for Bess, the landlord’s daughter. But when the redcoats come, and lay a trap for the highwayman at the inn....
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Verbal Riddim
- Dub Poetry
- By: Various, Oku Onuora, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, and others
- Narrated by: Seroca Davis, Gavin Dunn
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
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This collection brings together the work of nine inventive and brilliant poets who defined and drove the dub poetry genre. From the Caribbean, Canada and the UK, the poetry in this collection spans forty years, as dub became a powerful cultural and creative force. The poets included in this collection are: Oku Onuora, Mikey Smith, Mutabaruka, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, James Berry, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Lillian Allen and Afua Cooper.
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Excellent
- By mr m dann on 20-02-24
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Verbal Riddim
- Dub Poetry
- Narrated by: Seroca Davis, Gavin Dunn
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 01-06-23
- Language: English
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This collection brings together the work of nine inventive and brilliant poets who defined and drove the dub poetry genre. From the Caribbean, Canada and the UK, the poetry in this collection spans forty years, as dub became a powerful cultural and creative force....
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The Love Poetry of John Donne
- By: John Donne
- Narrated by: Richard Burton
- Length: 34 mins
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John Donne (1572 – 1631) was an English poet, preacher, and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires, and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially as compared to those of his contemporaries.
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The Love Poetry of John Donne
- Narrated by: Richard Burton
- Length: 34 mins
- Release date: 09-08-10
- Language: English
- John Donne's works are notable for their realistic and sensual style....
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- By: John Keats
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 2 mins
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'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' is a haunting ballad describing a young knight whose very lifeblood and vitality have been drained by a beautiful but parasitic, fairylike vampire. This knight has now been left as an undead shell of his former self, alone on a barren hillside.
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 2 mins
- Release date: 17-03-16
- Language: English
- 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' is a haunting ballad describing a young knight whose very lifeblood and vitality have been drained by a beautiful but parasitic, fairylike vampire....
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The Poetry of Tennyson
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- By: Lord Alfred Tennyson
- Narrated by: Dame Sybil Thorndike, Sir Lewis Casson, Robert Speaight
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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This poet of Victorian times was held in awe for his magnificent works, including "In Memoriam", "Morte D'Arthur", and "Charge of the Light Brigade". His language and command of vocabulary seem particularly in keeping with the grand sweep of Victorian ambition. Many selections are asembled here and read with great character by Dame Sybil Thorndike, Sir Edward Casson, and Robert Speaight.
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The Poetry of Tennyson
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- Narrated by: Dame Sybil Thorndike, Sir Lewis Casson, Robert Speaight
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Release date: 15-07-08
- Language: English
- This poet of Victorian times was held in awe for his magnificent works, including "In Memoriam", "Morte D'Arthur", and "Charge of the Light Brigade"....
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Muse of Fire
- World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
- By: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
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With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda, the bestselling author of Alone and Hero, takes a novel approach to World War I by telling its history through the lives of the soldier-poets whose verses memorialize the war's unimaginable horrors. He begins with Rupert Brooke and the halcyon days before violence engulfed his generation—destroying the self-contented world of Edwardian England—and ends with the tragic death of Wilfred Owen, killed only days before the armistice brought an end to a war that took over 25,000,000 lives.
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Muse of Fire
- World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 16-04-24
- Language: English
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The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in Michael Korda's epic Muse of Fire.
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Part of a Story That Started Before Me
- Poems About Black British History
- By: George the Poet, Dr Christienna Fryar
- Narrated by: George the Poet, Seroca Davis, Troy Glasgow, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
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Award-winning spoken word artist George the Poet brings together an incredible roster of Black British poets in this important and exciting new anthology, exploring people, moments and events from Black British history. Featuring works by established poets and new wordsmiths alike, Part of a Story That Started Before Me is the perfect listen for fans of Kayo Chingonyi's More Fiya and David Olusoga's Black and British.
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Part of a Story That Started Before Me
- Poems About Black British History
- Narrated by: George the Poet, Seroca Davis, Troy Glasgow, Charlotte Gosling, Rohan Nedd, Michelle Femi Tiwo
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 13-07-23
- Language: English
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Award-winning spoken word artist George the Poet brings together an incredible roster of Black British poets in this important and exciting new anthology, exploring people, moments and events from Black British history....
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Kings and Queens
- By: Eleanor Farjeon, Herbert Farjeon
- Narrated by: Isla Blair, Julian Glover
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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First published in 1952, Herbert and Eleanor Farjeon’s Kings and Queens has attained the status of a children’s classic. The charming poems, each one dedicated to a different king or queen, tell the story of the 41 English monarchs from William I to Elizabeth II in a humorous and charming way that has delighted generations of children and their parents.
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Memory Lane
- By Judy Corstjens on 23-05-13
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Kings and Queens
- Narrated by: Isla Blair, Julian Glover
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 18-10-11
- Language: English
- First published in 1952, Herbert and Eleanor Farjeon’s Kings and Queens has attained the status of a children’s classic....
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The Very Best of Robert Browning
- By: Robert Browning
- Narrated by: James Mason
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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Includes 'Fra Lippo Lippi', 'The Barretts of Wimpole Street' - The Three Love Scenes, 'Andrea del Sarto', 'My Last Duchess', 'The Pied Piper', 'Love Letter from Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett', and more.
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The Very Best of Robert Browning
- Narrated by: James Mason
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 06-08-10
- Language: English
- Includes 'Fra Lippo Lippi', 'Andrea del Sarto', 'My Last Duchess', 'The Pied Piper', 'Love Letter from Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett', and more....
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A Literary Love Affair
- By: William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, and others
- Narrated by: Natalie Thomas, Benjamin O’Mahony
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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This anthology looks back over some of the great love affairs of literary history. It includes readings of poetry, letters and scenes from fiction written by British poets and authors from Shakespearian times to the twentieth century. Here are real-life romantic couples, such as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats and Fanny Brawne, Lord Byron and Lady Caroline Lamb, Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning.
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A Literary Love Affair
- Narrated by: Natalie Thomas, Benjamin O’Mahony
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 05-06-14
- Language: English
- This anthology looks back over some of the great love affairs of literary history....
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Sir John Gielgud
- By: William Shakespeare, William Morris
- Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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A celebration of one of the world's best loved actors, Sir John Gielgud. Here you can hear him perform his classic roles and read some of his favourite poetry.
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Sir John Gielgud
- Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Release date: 17-06-10
- Language: English
- A celebration of one of the world's best loved actors, Sir John Gielgud. Here you can hear him perform his classic roles and read some of his favourite poetry....
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Charles Dickens: The Poetry
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 15 mins
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Dickens is a name that dominates the landscape of English novelists. His works are masterpieces and he is held everywhere in the highest regard. In his fairly short life of 58 years he accomplished an extraordinary number of classic novels, especially in light of his humble and poor beginnings. Here we collect together his slim number of poems. Concise it may be, but from the mind of the master it most certainly reveals some insights of great interest.
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Charles Dickens: The Poetry
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 14-04-12
- Language: English
- Dickens is a name that dominates the landscape of English novelists. His works are masterpieces and he is held everywhere in the highest regard....
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