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Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill

Here is a bitterly sarcastic poem wherein a jilted Lord Byron spits out his distain for his estranged wife, Lady Byron, laying a curse upon her, accusing her of being a «moral Clytemnestra» (wife of Agamemnon, who...

Algy Pug and 13 more 57 minutes

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Poetry

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is dedicated to «Ianthe». The poem describes the travels and reflections of a...

Peter Tucker 4 hours 16 minutes

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Tragedy

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Cain: A Mystery

Cain: A Mystery is Lord Byron's retelling of the classical Biblical story from the point of view of its antagonist. Undoubtedly influenced by Milton's Paradise Lost, Byron's Cain is defiant and questioning. In trying...

1 hour 46 minutes

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Narratives

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto IV

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is dedicated to «Ianthe». The poem describes the travels and reflections of a...

Alan Mapstone and 2 more 1 hour 59 minutes

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Ballads

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Lara, A Tale

This powerful poem narrates the fateful return of Count Lara to the British Isles after spending years abroad traveling the orient. Returning to his patrimony with a retinue consisting of one foreign-born page,...

Nathan 1 hour 34 minutes

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Narratives

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Island

Written late in his career, Byron's narrative poem The Island tells the famous story of the mutiny on board the Bounty, and follows the mutineers as they flee to a South Sea island, «their guilt-won Paradise.»...

Elizabeth Klett 1 hour 18 minutes

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General Fiction

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Manfred

Manfred is a dramatic poem in three acts by Lord Byron, and possibly a self confessional work. A noble, Manfred, is haunted by the memory of some unspeakable crime. In seeking for forgetfulness and oblivion, he...

1 hour 34 minutes

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General Fiction

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Siege of Corinth

In this moving poem, Byron recounts the final, desperate resistance of the Venetians on the day the Ottoman army stormed Acrocorinth: revealing the closing scenes of the conflict through the eyes of Lanciotto — a...

Nathan 58 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Giaour

«The Giaour» is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first in the series of his Oriental romances. «The Giaour» proved to be a great success when published, consolidating Byron's reputation critically...

1 hour 2 minutes

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Epics

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Don Juan, Cantos 13 - 16

These are the last four Cantos of his mock epic that Byron completed in the year before his death at the age of 36 in Messolonghi, Greece, where he had gone to fight for the nationalists against the Ottoman Empire....

Peter Gallagher 3 hours 13 minutes

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Poetry

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Don Juan, Canto 5

Juan, captured by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery is bought by a beautiful Princess as her toy-boy. Dressed as an odalisque, he is smuggled into the Sultan's harem for a steamy assignation. Unbelievably,...

Peter Gallagher 1 hour 15 minutes

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Poetry

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - When We Two Parted

LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of When We Two Parted , by George Gordon, Lord Byron. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 26th, 2006.

Clayton J. Smith and 8 more 12 minutes

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