The Masque of Anarchy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Masque of Anarchy by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Leigh Hunt, Harry Buxton Forman: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 1:26:50 running time and a link to listen.
The Masque of Anarchy, credited to Percy Bysshe Shelley, Leigh Hunt, Harry Buxton Forman, 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:
The Masque of Anarchy was Shelley's response to the Peterloo massacre at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, where 18 died and hundreds were injured, after Hussars charged into a rally for parliamentary reform. Written in Italy in 1819, the poem was not published until 1832, ten years after Shelley's death. This reading is from the first published edition with the addition of three words that were inserted in full only in later additions ('Eldon' in Stanza IV and 'Bible' and 'Sidmouth' in Stanza VI). The poem is preceded by Leigh Hunt's preface to the 1832 edition and followed by Harry Buxton Forman's 1887 lecture on the poem to the Shelley Society. (Summary by Phil Benson) LibriVox recording of The Masque of Anarchy, by Percy Bysshe Shelley, with preface by Leigh Hunt, and lecture by Harry Buxton Forman. Read by Phil Benson.
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Masque of Anarchy
- Author credits: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Leigh Hunt, Harry Buxton Forman
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 1:26:50
Catalogue topics
- poetry
- Lancashire
- Peterloo
- Politics
- massacre
Track guide
- 01 Preface to the 1832 edition — 22:18
- 02 The masque of anarchy — 15:39
- 03 Shelley, 'Peterloo', and the Mask of Anarchy — 48:55
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