• Richard Burton Reads the Poetry of Thomas Hardy

  • By: Thomas Hardy
  • Narrated by: Richard Burton
  • Length: 40 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (36 ratings)

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Richard Burton Reads the Poetry of Thomas Hardy

By: Thomas Hardy
Narrated by: Richard Burton
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Richard Burton, the multi-award winning actor, reads the finest work of Thomas Hardy.
©2008 Saland Publishing (P)2008 Saland Publishing

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Totally awesome performance

What did you like best about this story?

Outstanding reading of some excellent poems. I will listen to this many more times.

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Beautiful Reading

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes I would recommend this audiobook for both the poetry and the fabulous reading of Richard Burton.

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I would always like a listing of the poetry or at least a clear naming of the poem so I can attempt to locate a physical copy. I am definitely a novice and like the poem in hand for a slow and careful reading. I also like to try my own reading aloud. It seems every audible product should be accompanied by an accurate listing of the material. I would not paying slightly more, but would like more than a quick tune on a radio or flash on a television.

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Hardy and Burton both deserve better than this

Audible has done a disservice to both Hardy and Burton. Neither man lived to see the digital age, and these recordings no doubt were originally released on vinyl. The titles of the poems are not listed, nor does Burton recite the title at the beginning of each poem. Furthermore, there is minimal pause between poems, making it difficult to determine when one poem ends and the next one begins. I found myself concentrating so much on locating the brief pause that signals the end of the poem that I regularly lost the poem’s train of thought. Hardy’s Collected poems runs to over 800 pages, making it difficult to locate the text of any particular poem. (I have read the entire Collected Poems, but how many readers out there even have a copy?) It’s as if these poems are presented more as elevator music rather than as the masterpieces they are. Indeed, Burton’s delivery is, as one would expect, entirely informed, elegant, clear, and profound. He understands the poems and gives them their proper due in his inimitable style. This should be a treasure but it comes across confusingly.

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definitive reader of poetry!!!

uncomparable voice, magical, every single syllable. ,lf someone thinks they don't like poetry find the Richard Burton version if possible then ask them again.

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