Lyrical Ballads (1798)


Leído por Verity Kendall

(3 stars; 21 reviews)

Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature. The immediate effect on critics was modest, but it became and remains a landmark, changing the course of English literature and poetry. Most of the poems in the 1798 edition were written by Wordsworth, with Coleridge contributing only four poems to the collection, including one of his most famous works, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. (Additionally, though only the two writers are credited for the works, William's sister Dorothy Wordsworth's diary which held powerful descriptions of everyday surroundings influenced William's poetry immensely.) (Summary by Wikipedia) (2 hr 3 min)

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00 - Advertisement 3:36 Leído por Verity Kendall
Rime of the Ancyent Marinere, The 21:28 Leído por Verity Kendall
Foster-Mother's Tale, The 4:17 Leído por Verity Kendall
Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree which stands near the Lake of Esthwaite 3:23 Leído por Verity Kendall
Nightingale, The 5:59 Leído por Verity Kendall
Female Vagrant, The 12:43 Leído por Verity Kendall
Goody Blake and Harry Gill 4:44 Leído por Verity Kendall
Lines written at a small distance from my House... 1:47 Leído por Verity Kendall
Simon Lee, the old Huntsman 3:51 Leído por Verity Kendall
Anecdote for Fathers 2:32 Leído por Verity Kendall
We are Seven 2:31 Leído por Verity Kendall
Lines written in early spring 1:25 Leído por Verity Kendall
Thorn, The 9:08 Leído por Verity Kendall
Last of the Flock, The 3:38 Leído por Verity Kendall
Dungeon, The 1:37 Leído por Verity Kendall
Mad Mother, The 3:46 Leído por Verity Kendall
Idiot Boy, The 16:38 Leído por Verity Kendall
Lines written near Richmond, upon the Thames, at Evening 2:11 Leído por Verity Kendall
Expostulation and Reply 1:28 Leído por Verity Kendall
The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject 1:31 Leído por Verity Kendall
Old Man Travelling 1:18 Leído por Verity Kendall
Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman, The 3:46 Leído por Verity Kendall
Convict, The 2:37 Leído por Verity Kendall
Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey 7:27 Leído por Verity Kendall

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Great version, so very well read


(5 stars)

I’d read the Prelude to the Lyrical Ballads but never the Ballads themselves until coming across the audiobook. It’s a nice little collection, with the great Rime of the Ancient Mariner in it (which I had read before). In fact, quite a few favourites have apparently been included in this set. It is great to hear them all read by the same person, who obviously puts great effort into reading this properly and in an entertaining fashion without spoiling the pieces. Great job.

Good reading for scholarly listen, wish sound was better


(3 stars)

The reading was quite good to focus on words and not the readers inflection. Also liked the footnotes since I was not reading for enjoyment but to understand the work.

too,rushed and breathless for poetic enjoyment.


(3 stars)


(0.5 stars)

The sound is horrible and the narration is not the proper one to Romantic poetry. Footnotes shouldn’t be read; this makes the reader feel lost and not concentrate in the poem itself.