Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade, credited to Walter Hamilton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade by Walter Hamilton. Read in English by Emma Charlotte; Lucy Perry; Eva Davis; Sonia; Heather James; Kalynda This extract, taken from Parodies of the works of English and American Authors, vol 1, of parodies of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade covers such topics as the Clergy, the Fairer Sex, Doctors, Engineers and many others. - Summary by Kim

Recording facts

• Recording title: Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade
• Author credits: Walter Hamilton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 1:03:15

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• humor
• Tennyson
• parodies
• charge of the light brigade

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Introduction and Charge of the Light Brigade — 2:56
2. 02 - Charge of the Light (Irish) Brigade — 4:09
3. 03 - ''The Two Hundred'' Mechanical Engineers in Dublin, 1865 — 4:30
4. 04 - The Half Hundred (of Coals) — 2:39
5. 05 - The Doctor's Heavy Brigade — 2:56
6. 06 - The Charge of the Black Brigade, 1868 — 2:54
7. 07 - At the Magdalen Ground — 2:23
8. 08 - Charge of the Fair Brigade — 2:29
9. 09 - The Charge of the ''Bustle'' — 1:34
10. 10 - On the Six Hundredth Representation of — 3:22
11. 11 - The Vote of Six Millions — 1:17
12. 12 - The Charge of the ''Rad.'' Brigade — 2:06
13. 13 - A Lay of the New Law Courts — 1:28
14. 14 - The Latest Charge (against Mr. Biggar, M. P. , for Breach of Promise of Marriage) — 1:39
15. 15 - The Charge of the Gownsmen at the Anti- Tobacco Lecture — 2:01
16. 16 - The Charge of the Light Ballet — 2:36
17. 17 - Tragic Episode in an Omnibus — 2:49
18. 18 - Michael Drayton on the Battle of Agincourt — 1:24
19. 19 - The ''Light'' Cavalier's Charge — 2:06
20. 20 - The Charge of the Court Brigade, 1874 — 3:10
21. 21 - The Battle of Bartlemy's, 1875 — 1:20
22. 22 - Charge of the Light Brigade at the Alexandra Palace Banquet, 1875 — 2:27
23. 23 - On the Rink, 1876 — 2:35
24. 24 - How a Hundred Guests Met their Death — 1:36

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