Childe Roland and Other Poems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Childe Roland and Other Poems by Robert Browning: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 10 original MP3 tracks, 53:11 running time and a link to listen.
Childe Roland and Other Poems, credited to Robert Browning, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Childe Roland and Other Poems by Robert Browning. Read in English by Alan Mapstone. The title poem was inspired by various images which Browning saw while living in Italy, an old tower in the Carrara Mountains, a painting in Paris and a horse on a tapestry in his home near Florence. These called to his mind the line from Shakespeare's King Lear spoken by Edgar in his feigned madness "Childe Roland to the dark tower came". The poem, full of surreal imagery, evokes the worlds of the 11th century epic poem "The Song of Roland" and of the Arthurian Legends with their notion of the "quest", a journey undertaken by a Knight into unknown hostile territory in search of a mysterious goal. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
Recording facts
- Recording title: Childe Roland and Other Poems
- Author credits: Robert Browning
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 10
- Listed recording duration: 53:11
Catalogue topics
- poetry
- English
- Browning
Track guide
- 01 - "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" — 17:17
- 02 - Porphyria's Lover — 4:07
- 03 - Incident of the French Camp — 2:42
- 04 - The Patriot — 2:27
- 05 - How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix — 4:15
- 06 - The Twins — 1:54
- 07 - Cavalier Tunes — 4:12
- 08 - My Last Duchess — 4:44
- 09 - Home Thoughts from Abroad — 1:49
- 10 - The Heretic's Tragedy — 9:44
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