Selection from Poems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Selection from Poems, credited to Alexander Pushkin, 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 Selection from Poems by Alexander Pushkin. (Translated by Ivan Panin.) Read in English by Alan Mapstone Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers. Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers." - Summary by Alan Mapstone

Recording facts

• Recording title: Selection from Poems
• Author credits: Alexander Pushkin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 55:33

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• English
• Russian
• Pushkin

Track guide

1. 01 - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POEMS: My Pedigree — 4:58
2. 02 - My Monument — 1:56
3. 03 - My Muse — 1:21
4. 04 - My Demon — 1:39
5. 05 - The Prophet — 2:12
6. 06 - NARRATIVE POEMS: The Outcast — 3:18
7. 07 - The Black Shawl — 2:35
8. 08 - The Roussalka — 3:54
9. 09 - The Cossak — 3:35
10. 10 - The Drowned — 5:01
11. 11 - POEMS OF NATURE: The North Wind — 1:24
12. 12 - Winter Morning — 2:21
13. 13 - Winter Evening — 2:25
14. 14 - The Winter-Road — 2:06
15. 15 - POEMS OF LOVE: The Storm-Maid — 1:09
16. 16 - The Bard — 1:17
17. 17 - Spanish Love-Song — 1:13
18. 18 - Invocation — 1:55
19. 19 - MISCELLANEOUS POEMS: The Poet — 1:32
20. 20 - To The Poet — 1:36
21. 21 - Insanity — 2:12
22. 22 - Death-Thoughts — 2:24
23. 23 - Rights — 1:52
24. 24 - The Delibash — 1:38

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