George Gordon, Lord Byron
The Island
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
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 muti…
El Corsario
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
El corsario es, ante todo, un poema autobiográfico que narra las aventuras de un tal Conrado, un corsario rechazado por la sociedad -…
Don Juan, Canto 1
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Don Juan is a long narrative poem by Byron, based very loosely on the legend of the evil seducer, Don Juan. The first and second of (eventua…
Manfred
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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…
Don Juan, Cantos 13 - 16
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
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, w…
Cain: A Mystery
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Cain: A Mystery is Lord Byron's retelling of the classical Biblical story from the point of view of its antagonist. Undoubtedly influenced b…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
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 de…
Don Juan, Canto 5
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
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 smu…
The Giaour
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
"The Giaour" is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first in the series of his Oriental romances. "The Giaou…
Lara, A Tale
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
This powerful poem narrates the fateful return of Count Lara to the British Isles after spending years abroad traveling the orient.Returning…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto IV
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
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 de…
The Siege of Corinth
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
In this moving poem, Byron recounts the final, desperate resistance of the Venetians on the day the Ottoman army stormed Acrocorinth: reveal…
When We Two Parted
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LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of When We Two Parted, by George Gordon, Lord Byron. This was the weekly poetry proj…
The Corsair
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The Corsair (1814) by Lord Byron narrates the tale of Conrad, a pirate or privateer, who was rejected by society in his youth because of his…
Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill
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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 …
The Castled Crag of Drachenfels
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Castled Crag of Drachenfels, by George Gordon, Lord Byron.This was the Fortnightly Poetry…
The Prophecy of Dante
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Byron wrote this tribute to the great 14th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri after visiting his tomb in Ravenna in 1819. It envisages Dan…
Hours of Idleness
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Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Cantos I - II
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describ…
Manfred (Version 2)
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Manfred is a Dramatic Poem written by Lord Byron in 1816-7 after he left England for the last time and shortly after the famous ghost story …
The Prisoner of Chillon
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Lord Byron visited the Castle of Chillon on Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1816 and was intrigued by the legend of Francis Bonnivard who was …
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was first published anonymously in 1809 with Byron only identified as the author in the 2nd edition. Byro…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto III
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describ…
Hebrew Melodies
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the ti…
So, We'll Go No More A-Roving
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To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Lord Byron, LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of his poem So, We'll Go No More A-Rov…