A Shropshire Lad (Version 3)
A. E. Housman
Read by clarinetcarrot
Composed while Housman was living in London, and mostly before he even visited the county of Shropshire, A Shropshire Lad is a cycle of 63 poems which describe an idyllic rural existence, but with the main theme being young mens' early deaths. This led its popularity during the Second Boer War, and then later during WWI. - Summary by clarinetcarrot (1 hr 7 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 4:53 | Read by clarinetcarrot |
Poems I - XX | 18:38 | Read by clarinetcarrot |
Poems XXI - XL | 18:41 | Read by clarinetcarrot |
Poems XLI - LXIII | 24:53 | Read by clarinetcarrot |
Reviews
Jonathan Lister
Very well read. Not sure about the poems though. I listened to this because George Orwell said AE Housman was his fauvorite poet as a young man in an essay.