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A collection of Longfellow's finest work including Paul Revere's Ride, Footprints of the Sands of Time and The Song of Hiawatha.
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- 04-14-14
Wonderful
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
yes, its timeless poetry
What other book might you compare Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to and why?
his entire collection books are great
What does the narrator bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
a nice voice thats easy to understand
Any additional comments?
My young son and I both enjoy reading Longfellow at night. I read his poetry was meant to be done this way when written. amazing it still just happened to us still in todays world!
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Story5 out of 5 stars 19
"Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie" is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the expulsion of the Acadians. The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Longfellow used dactylic hexameter, imitated from Greek and Latin classics, though the choice was criticized.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Anonymous User on 05-23-23
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81 Famous Poems
- An Audio Companion to The Norton Anthology of Poetry
- By: William Shakespeare, John Donne, Robert Herricks
- Narrated by: Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire, Bramwell Fletcher
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 229
This collection of timeless British and American poems is an experience to be treasured. The readings, by brilliant classic actors Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire, and Bramwell Fletcher, are presented in the order they appear in The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, and are selected for their ability to delight. The poetry is also among the most anthologized verse in the English language.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Untitled Chapters Make An Audiobook Hard To Use
- By Dean Bocobo on 12-17-18
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 387
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 335
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 328
Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity. Major poems range from 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' through the post-war desolation of 'The Waste Land' and the spiritual struggle of 'Ash-Wednesday', to the enduring charm of 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horribly Frustrating to Follow
- By AVS on 06-18-18
By: T. S. Eliot
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W.B. Yeats: Selected Poems
- By: William Butler Yeats
- Narrated by: William Sutherland
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
William Butler Yeats, the first Irishman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, is not only one of the greatest poets of the 20th century but one of the most widely read. The landscape, myths, legends, and folklore of his homeland lie at the heart of his poetic imagination, and the unique musicality of Ireland adds to the richness of his verse. But the themes of his poetry are universal and timeless: the conflict between life and death, love and hate, and the meaning of man’s existence in an imperfect world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Edward A. Dickey on 03-27-12
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Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
- By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
A classic tale of doomed romance, Longfellow's classic epic poem reminds us that man's inhumanity to man and refugees have been with us many centuries. The story of how the Cajuns came to Louisiana is only a part of this moving, evocative poem. Two lovers separated by a cruel fate stand against a canvas of America in the making.
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The Poetry of Longfellow
- By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Narrated by: Hal Holbrook
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
A selection of Longfellow's greatest works including Paul Revere's Ride and The Song of Hiawatha.
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Great Poems
- By: Audible Studios
- Narrated by: Maxine Peake, Bill Wallis, Rupert Penry-Jones, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 131
An anthology of over 50 classic poems, read by some of our finest actors. This collection contains a selection of the very best poems, from verses inspired by love to war poetry, nature poems and children's rhymes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not for Poetry Snobs. Full Listing in Review.
- By Clare on 06-10-12
By: Audible Studios
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Classic American Poetry
- By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and others
- Narrated by: Garrick Hagon, Liza Ross, William Hootkins, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Walt Whitman said, "...poetry is the voice of the nation, expressing its deepest concerns, ambitions and longings," which is certainly true of the great classic poetry of America. This wide-ranging anthology, from the earliest poets of the 16th century to the present day, reflects the changing preoccupations and visions of Americans, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings, and more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just dawdle
- By Kirby on 11-27-03
By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and others
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William Blake
- Selected Poems
- By: William Blake
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
At the end of his life, William Blake (1757-1827) gave up hope of being widely understood, but the twentieth century brought to his work a new and intense interest and acclaim.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Collection
- By Barbara Lunz on 09-04-20
By: William Blake
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The Song of Hiawatha
- By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Narrated by: John Stanbridge
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
"The Song of Hiawatha" (1855) is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that features Native American characters. The epic relates the adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha. Events in the story are set in the Pictured Rocks area on the south shore of Lake Superior. Longfellow's poem, though based on native oral traditions surrounding the figure of Manabozho, represents not a work of transmission but an original work of American Romantic literature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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songs from Elementary school 1946
- By walkin'reader on 12-17-17
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Poetic License
- 100 Poems - 100 Performers
- By: Emily Dickinson, e. e. cummings, William Wordsworth, and others
- Narrated by: Jason Alexander, Christine Baranski, Charles Busch, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 85
Why a poetry album? Easy answer: I love poetry. I love reading it. I love memorizing it. I love hearing great actors recite it. As the poet Mark Strand wrote, “Ink runs from the corners of my mouth / There is no happiness like mine / I have been eating poetry.” In the past, when I was full from eating, I have had the audacity to set poetry to music. But, on this audiobook, you will hear the music of the poems.
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2 out of 5 stars
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100 poems -No table of contents!!
- By Christine on 08-26-13
By: Emily Dickinson, and others
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Cross of Snow
- A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- By: Nicholas A. Basbanes
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
In Cross of Snow, the result of more than 12 years of research, including access to never-before-examined letters, diaries, journals, and notes, Nicholas Basbanes reveals the life, the times, the work - the soul - of the man who shaped the literature of a new nation with his countless poems, sonnets, stories, essays, and translations, and whose renown was so wide-reaching that his deep friendships included Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Julia Ward Howe, and Oscar Wilde.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Work of a Poet
- By Michael Amos Cody on 09-08-21
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Paul Revere's Ride
- By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Narrated by: Glenn Hascall
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Paul Revere is the subject, and his famous ride is the adventure found in this short poem by acclaimed author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A fine short
- By kyle whitt on 03-08-23
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The Art of War
- By: Sun Tzu
- Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38,757
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32,044
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31,630
The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The actual book The Art of War, not a commentary
- By Fred271 on 12-31-19
By: Sun Tzu
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Guard Her with Your Life
- By: Joy Ellis
- Narrated by: Tom Bateman
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 909
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 844
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 842
Detective Sam Helsdown hasn’t seen his daughter Zoe in two years and he’s excited and more than a little nervous to be at the airport picking her up for a visit. She’s 10 years old and has flown on her own for the first time. Flight BA631 from Athens has already landed and soon a trickle of people begins entering Arrivals. Among them is a little girl who runs towards him, head down, and throws herself into his arms saying ‘Daddy!’. But then he looks at her properly. This is not Zoe. This is not his daughter.
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1 out of 5 stars
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terrible
- By Bill on 04-07-23