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Classic Poetry Collection (BBC Radio Presents) [Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

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March 2, 1996 BBC Radio Presents
This unique anthology brings together over forty poems including many classics such as Wordsworth's The Daffodils and Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot.

Here is an exquisite presentation that embraces the classic poets as well as their contemporary counterparts, from Lewis Carroll's whimsical Jabberwocky, to the fervid declarations of Elizabeth Bennett Browning and Andrew Marvell, to the war-torn images drown by Wilfred Owen, and to the wistful contemplations of Robert Frost.  It is simply a magnificent compilation of the world's best-loved poems performed by highly acclaimed and talented British stage actors.

Produced by the world's experts in fine radio entertainment and featuring an inspired and stirring soundtrack, this special collection of the world's best-poetic works will move and delight ardent lovers of poetry and introduce a new and enchanting world of poetry to first-time listeners.

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This unique anthology brings together over forty poems including many classics such as Wordsworth's The Daffodils and Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot.

Here is an exquisite presentation that embraces the classic poets as well as their contemporary counterparts, from Lewis Carroll's whimsical Jabberwocky, to the fervid declarations of Elizabeth Bennett Browning and Andrew Marvell, to the war-torn images drown by Wilfred Owen, and to the wistful contemplations of Robert Frost.  It is simply a magnificent compilation of the world's best-loved poems performed by highly acclaimed and talented British stage actors.

Produced by the world's experts in fine radio entertainment and featuring an inspired and stirring soundtrack, this special collection of the world's best-poetic works will move and delight ardent lovers of poetry and introduce a new and enchanting world of poetry to first-time listeners.

Product Details

  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (March 2, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553525786
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553525786
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,365,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing reading of wonderful poetry., June 18, 1999
This review is from: Classic Poetry Collection (BBC Radio Presents) (Audio Cassette)
This recording cannot compare with Musical Heritage Society's Treasury of 19th Century English Poets (MHC 312505Z). The readings (with some exceptions - "Jabberwocky" is delightful and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is well done - are dull and unengaging. The music is intrusive and unevenly recorded. Not at all the quality I would have expected from BBC, which has released really wonderful renditions of Shakespeare.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars BBC Collection of Classic Poetry, September 28, 2000
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This review is from: Classic Poetry Collection (BBC Radio Presents) (Audio Cassette)
Some of the best actors in England reading some of the best poetry in the English language -- any poetry lover cannot go wrong with this version. I especially rejoiced to finally hear the delightful "To His Coy Mistress" read in the spirit in which is was intended (every other reader seems intent on declaiming as if it were "Hamlet" -- yuck). But the other poems are equally wonderful. ("Jabberwocky" is also not to be missed.)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars By far the best collection and best reading available, April 7, 2000
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This collection is by far the best available! Emma Fielding is exquisite! "Lady of Shallot", and "Marina" are especially well done! I enjoyed listening to it so much, and would highly recommend it to the poetry lovers.
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