Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Cantos I - II


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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras.
The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood.
Cantos I & ΙΙ describes Harold's travels in Iberia and the Mediterranean. - Summary by Alan Mapstone (2 hr 14 min)

Chapters

To Ianthe 4:01 Read by Alan Mapstone
Canto 1 Stanza 1-13 12:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
Canto 1 Stanza 14-34 11:39 Read by KevinS
Canto 1 Stanza 35-59 16:37 Read by Adrian Stephens
Canto 1 Stanza 60-79 12:58 Read by Adrian Stephens
Canto 1 Stanza 80-93 10:28 Read by Adrian Stephens
Canto 2 Stanza 1-15 10:35 Read by Alan Mapstone
Canto 2 Stanza 16-35 12:05 Read by Owlivia
Canto 2 Stanza 36-54 11:43 Read by dc
Canto 2 Stanza 55-72 13:46 Read by Adrian Stephens
Canto 2 Stanza 73-98 18:01 Read by Alan Mapstone