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5.0 out of 5 stars
great portable poet!
Lord Byron was indeed a great English poet, if not the greatest. I like this edition, its
pocket-book size is ideal notably when you go places. You enjoy the sheer poetic genius of
Byron at the palm of your hand (in fact more enjoyable than listening to your portable ipod).
Warmly recommended!
Published 17 months ago by Romualdo Monteclar
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Selections are too narrow and confining
Sixty percent of this volume is occupied by the first , and half the second ,cantos of " Don Juan ". Over two hundred pages of precisely metered 8 line stanzas make for a rather ponderous pocket companion. It gives the book a heavy and incomplete feel. More lyric verse would have greatly improved it's portability and given it greater breadth.Recommended for Byron fans or...
Published on July 17, 2007 by R. G. Keeling
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Selections are too narrow and confining, July 17, 2007
This review is from: Byron: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) (Hardcover)
Sixty percent of this volume is occupied by the first , and half the second ,cantos of " Don Juan ". Over two hundred pages of precisely metered 8 line stanzas make for a rather ponderous pocket companion. It gives the book a heavy and incomplete feel. More lyric verse would have greatly improved it's portability and given it greater breadth.Recommended for Byron fans or anyone collecting the Pocket Poets series.
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great portable poet!, August 16, 2010
This review is from: Byron: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) (Hardcover)
Lord Byron was indeed a great English poet, if not the greatest. I like this edition, its
pocket-book size is ideal notably when you go places. You enjoy the sheer poetic genius of
Byron at the palm of your hand (in fact more enjoyable than listening to your portable ipod).
Warmly recommended!
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