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Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 821
EAN: 9781565112995
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 1565112997
Label: Highbridge Audio
Manufacturer: Highbridge Audio
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: 1999-04-01
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Studio: Highbridge Audio

The best of this brilliant poet, read by leading actors of the British stage and screen: Stella Gonet, Haydn Gwynne, David Horovitch, Alex Jennings, Jeremy Northam, and Nathaniel Parker.

This collection of John Donne’s work runs the gamut of the poet’s brilliance, from love songs to religious hymns, from heartfelt elegies to holy sonnets. It includes some of his best-loved poems, including "Goe, and catch a falling starre," "Loves Growthe," and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," as well as his religious and philosophical musings.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: superb readings -- of course!
Review: I've owned the cassette version of this recording for some time: it's simply superb, which is what you would expect from such seasoned British actors. Nathaniel Parker's readings of The Flea and To His Mistress are particular knock-outs.

The narrative between the poems is also excellent, putting Donne's work in perspective by placing it firmly within the historical and cultural context.

Highly recommended.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Great introduction to John Donne
Review: This set of tapes is a good way to begin a study of John Donne, or if already a fan, to be cradled by his words read aloud by melliflous English voices. There is a good biographical sketch interlaced with some of Donne's most famous works, giving the listener the historical background and influences behind some of the world's best poetry.

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