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by: William Wordsworth
Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 821
EAN: 9781565112810
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN: 1565112814
Label: Highbridge Audio
Manufacturer: Highbridge Audio
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: December 01, 1998
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Sales Rank: 1286954
Studio: Highbridge Audio
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Born in 1770, Wordsworth was and remains Britain's most celebrated poet. This splendid anthology features poems from the 'Lyrical Ballads', his famous collection written in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge; from 'The Prelude', the autobiographical work that explores the development of the man and the poet; and his personal and lyrical poems, including 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' and 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge'. Includes poems in their entirety and unabridged excerpts.
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Rating:  - Good introduction to Wordsworth
It includes some of his most famous work, interspersed with biography and commentary on its origins, read well and entertainingly, by several different English actors. Good for those who prefer poetry read to them, but will inspire them to do further reading themselves.
Rating:  - Wordsworth was meant to be read aloud!
This is an excellent recording of Wordsworth's poetry. It made me realize that his poetry is really meant to be heard, rather than read. All the vocal actors are very good, and I particularly enjoyed the narration of Wordsworth's life by Jeremy Northam. A very enjoyable set of audiotapes.
Rating: - Seeing into the life of things
Wordsworth's poetry, at times, seems to be the most beautiful in English. This collection provides an ample audio companion to the text. There is a nice balance of selections from the "great" poems (1797-1807) that account for Wordworth's esteem, as well as juvenile and late works. Both versions of the Prelude are represented (1805 and 1850), some of the Lucy poems, Tintern Abbey, The Leech-Gatherer, the Immortality Ode, excerpts from ballads, and numerous short pieces as well. The reading of ... Read More
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