-
Letters to a Young Poet
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 02-19-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Regular price: $18.58
People who bought this also bought...
-
Letters to a Young Poet
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell)
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 192
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107
Ranier Maria Rilke challenges you, "...to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answers." Rilke's ability to combine the sensual and the spiritual into an inspired vision of the art of living is brought to vivid life in his letters. Through his eyes, the everyday difficulties of love, sex, solitude, sadness, and doubt are seen as the archetypal elements of the drama called life.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Priceless Recordings of Intense Feeling
- By David on 10-08-04
-
The Seasons of the Soul
- The Poetic Guidance and Spiritual Wisdom of Hermann Hesse
- By: Hermann Hesse
- Narrated by: Ludwig Max Fischer, Andrew Harvey
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Vowing at an early age "to be a poet or nothing at all", Hermann Hesse rebelled against formal education, focusing on a rigorous program of independent study that included literature, philosophy, art, and history. One result of these efforts was a series of novels that became counterculture bibles that remain widely influential today. Another was a body of evocative spiritual poetry. Published for the first time in English, these vivid, probing short works reflect deeply on the challenges of life.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
He nails it but stylistically rudimentary.
- By Ian Clark on 05-05-15
-
In the Company of Rilke
- Why a 20th-Century Visionary Poet Speaks So Eloquently to 21st-Century Readers
- By: Stephanie Dowrick
- Narrated by: Stephanie Dowrick
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 23
Rainer Maria Rilke was a giant of twentieth-century writing who remains a rare visionary voice for our own time. This audio edition of Dr. Stephanie Dowrick's acclaimed book allows you literally to "hear" how and why Rilke's extraordinary words continue to captivate readers, not least through his profound understanding of the depth and beauty of human existence.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Delicately & Nobly Written ....
- By Essam Rajab on 12-20-15
-
Rilke
- Selected Poems
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Rainer Maria Rilke has been called the most significant and compelling poet of spiritual experience of the 20th century. His exploration of the struggle between life and art and the supremacy of divine love over personal love has touched the hearts of men and women everywhere. The poems in this reading are from the selected poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, edited and translated by Stephen Mitchell. Also featured are new translations made exclusively for this program.
-
Letters to a Young Poet
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth (translator), Lewis Hyde (introduction)
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering, and the nature of advice itself. These profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for generations of writers and artists of all kinds, including Lady Gaga and Patti Smith. With honesty, elegance, and a deep understanding of the loneliness that often comes with being an artist, Rilke's letters are an endless source of inspiration and comfort.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An exquisite and refreshing literary work
- By Shopaholic on 06-24-17
-
Regarding the Pain of Others
- By: Susan Sontag
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
How does the spectacle of the sufferings of others affect us? Are viewers inured - or incited - to violence by the depiction of cruelty? Susan Sontag here takes a fresh look at the representation of atrocity - from Goya's The Disasters of War to photographs of the American Civil War, lynchings of blacks in the South, and the Nazi death camps, and to more contemporary horrific images of Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Israel, and Palestine, as well as New York City on September 11, 2001.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Terrible recording
- By Vandra on 02-16-12
-
Letters to a Young Poet
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell)
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 192
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107
Ranier Maria Rilke challenges you, "...to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answers." Rilke's ability to combine the sensual and the spiritual into an inspired vision of the art of living is brought to vivid life in his letters. Through his eyes, the everyday difficulties of love, sex, solitude, sadness, and doubt are seen as the archetypal elements of the drama called life.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Priceless Recordings of Intense Feeling
- By David on 10-08-04
-
The Seasons of the Soul
- The Poetic Guidance and Spiritual Wisdom of Hermann Hesse
- By: Hermann Hesse
- Narrated by: Ludwig Max Fischer, Andrew Harvey
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Vowing at an early age "to be a poet or nothing at all", Hermann Hesse rebelled against formal education, focusing on a rigorous program of independent study that included literature, philosophy, art, and history. One result of these efforts was a series of novels that became counterculture bibles that remain widely influential today. Another was a body of evocative spiritual poetry. Published for the first time in English, these vivid, probing short works reflect deeply on the challenges of life.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
He nails it but stylistically rudimentary.
- By Ian Clark on 05-05-15
-
In the Company of Rilke
- Why a 20th-Century Visionary Poet Speaks So Eloquently to 21st-Century Readers
- By: Stephanie Dowrick
- Narrated by: Stephanie Dowrick
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 23
Rainer Maria Rilke was a giant of twentieth-century writing who remains a rare visionary voice for our own time. This audio edition of Dr. Stephanie Dowrick's acclaimed book allows you literally to "hear" how and why Rilke's extraordinary words continue to captivate readers, not least through his profound understanding of the depth and beauty of human existence.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Delicately & Nobly Written ....
- By Essam Rajab on 12-20-15
-
Rilke
- Selected Poems
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Rainer Maria Rilke has been called the most significant and compelling poet of spiritual experience of the 20th century. His exploration of the struggle between life and art and the supremacy of divine love over personal love has touched the hearts of men and women everywhere. The poems in this reading are from the selected poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, edited and translated by Stephen Mitchell. Also featured are new translations made exclusively for this program.
-
Letters to a Young Poet
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth (translator), Lewis Hyde (introduction)
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering, and the nature of advice itself. These profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for generations of writers and artists of all kinds, including Lady Gaga and Patti Smith. With honesty, elegance, and a deep understanding of the loneliness that often comes with being an artist, Rilke's letters are an endless source of inspiration and comfort.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An exquisite and refreshing literary work
- By Shopaholic on 06-24-17
-
Regarding the Pain of Others
- By: Susan Sontag
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
How does the spectacle of the sufferings of others affect us? Are viewers inured - or incited - to violence by the depiction of cruelty? Susan Sontag here takes a fresh look at the representation of atrocity - from Goya's The Disasters of War to photographs of the American Civil War, lynchings of blacks in the South, and the Nazi death camps, and to more contemporary horrific images of Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Israel, and Palestine, as well as New York City on September 11, 2001.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Terrible recording
- By Vandra on 02-16-12
-
The Prophet
- By: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Paul Sparer
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 632
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 508
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 505
Writer, artist and philosopher Kahlil Gibran considered The Prophet to be his greatest achievement. First published in 1923, this collection of poetic essays on life and the human condition has been translated into more than 20 languages, and has become one of the beloved classics of our time. Cherished by millions, the universally inspiring words of The Prophet are here magnificently read aloud.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Beautiful
- By Scotty on 08-07-10
-
Letters to a Young Poet
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Soren Filipski
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
When a young student at a military academy mails some of his poetry to the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke, seeking advice, he initiates years of correspondence, during which Rilke expresses his most personal insights into the artist's relationship with life, the interior needs of the individual growing towards maturity, and how the impulse to artistic creation can and should be a source of abiding and developing happiness even for those who cannot become artists.
-
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- By: C. G. Jung
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 587
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 526
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 524
In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Dr. Jung's Life Would Make A Good Movie
- By M. Clarke on 05-17-16
-
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- A Novel
- By: Milan Kundera, Michael Henry Heim (translator)
- Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 961
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 860
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 865
A young woman is in love with a successful surgeon, a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing. His mistress, a free-spirited artist, lives her life as a series of betrayals—while her other lover, earnest, faithful, and good, stands to lose everything because of his noble qualities. In a world where lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and fortuitous events, and everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence we feel “the unbearable lightness of being."
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Love, Politics, and Strange Bedfellows
- By Mel on 07-01-12
-
The Waste Land & Four Quartets
- By: T.S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 255
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 196
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 198
These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Help -- I can't stop listening to this
- By Louis on 05-19-10
-
The Poet's Guide to Life
- The Wisdom of Rilke
- By: Edited, Translated by Ulrich Baer
- Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 23
In this treasury of uncommon wisdom and spiritual insight, the best writings and personal philosophies of one of the 20th century's greatest poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, are gleaned by Ulrich Baer from thousands of pages of never-before translated correspondence.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Beautiful - Light - Deep
- By John Campbell on 03-16-18
-
Sitting by the Well
- Bringing the Feminine to Consciousness Through Language, Dreams, and Metaphor
- By: Marion Woodman
- Narrated by: Marion Woodman
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 105
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
In Sitting by the Well, this acclaimed Jungian analyst and author uses dreams, symbols, and body imagery to reach into the shadows of the unconscious mind and cast light on our everyday lives. Here is a poetic culmination of Woodman's many years of work with the psychological impact of patriarchy on men's and women's lives - from distorted body image and addiction to sexual trauma and relationships to our ultimate connection with the Great Mother (matter) and Great Father (spirit).
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Incredible & deeply moving
- By Leah Bray Nichols on 10-21-15
-
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
- By: Jaron Lanier
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 172
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 153
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 152
You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that we’re better off without them. In his important new audiobook, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms behind before it’s too late. Lanier remains a tech optimist, so while demonstrating the evil that rules social media business models today, he also envisions a humanistic setting for social networking that can direct us towards richer and fuller way of living and connecting.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the most important books in recent history
- By Zack Orr on 06-26-18
-
Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell)
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 27
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
The poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke addresses the issues of God, death, and "destructive time." Rilke tries to transform these problems into an inner world, what he calls "a whole inner world as if an angel, comprehending all space, were blind and looking into himself." Eminent author and translator Stephen Mitchell brings these ideas vividly to life in this new translation of Rilke's most transcendent works.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
warning: listen before buying
- By John on 05-27-05
-
The Spell of the Sensuous
- Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
- By: David Abram
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people but with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patterns) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate". How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Stellar introduction to a revolutionary approach to language, nature and the human embedded in the natural world.
- By Dick on 01-25-18
-
A Little History of Philosophy
- By: Nigel Warburton
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,719
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,525
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,510
Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. This engaging book introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy and explores their most compelling ideas about the world and how best to live in it.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Good Listen
- By Eric on 12-30-15
-
Letters to a Young Poet
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Marc Allen
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 37
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the past century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon a wide range of subjects that will interest writers, artists, and thinkers. This luminous translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's classic offers brilliant inspiration to all people who seek to know and express their inner truth.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Absolutely amazing writing, great reader.
- By Matt on 09-10-15
Publisher's Summary
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens.
At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This book also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity written in letter form near the end of Rilke's life.
In Lewis Hyde's introduction, he explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force. Charlie Louth's afterword discusses the similarities and contrasts of the two works and Rilke's religious and sexual wordplay.
This edition also contains a chronology, notes, and suggested further reading.
More from the same
What members say
Average Customer Ratings
Overall
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars32
-
4 Stars9
-
3 Stars3
-
2 Stars1
-
1 Stars0
Performance
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars32
-
4 Stars7
-
3 Stars1
-
2 Stars0
-
1 Stars0
Story
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars26
-
4 Stars8
-
3 Stars5
-
2 Stars1
-
1 Stars0
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- MeBeVerryAlive
- Texas Hill Country
- 02-27-18
A beautiful collection
The wisdom lovingly laid out by this amazing wordsmith was like taking a refreshing sip of spring water as it dripped off. the mountain side.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- douglas
- 03-08-18
Brilliant reading, beautiful thoughts.
Great philosophy on art and creativity. If you are aspiring read and re-read. It's read vith capability and intelligence.
The letters are of course of their time and could do with a little emancipation regarding woman's role in art but taken all in all this is a espiltiliary of importance.