The Prisoner of Chillon
George Gordon, Lord Byron
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Lord Byron visited the Castle of Chillon on Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1816 and was intrigued by the legend of Francis Bonnivard who was said to have been imprisoned there in medieval times. The title poem of this collection was written in response to that visit.
Originally published in 1816 this collection was extended after Byron's death. The final poem was written on his 36th birthday, just 3 months before he died. - Summary by Alan Mapstone (1 hr 40 min)
Chapters
The Prisoner of Chillon | 25:32 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Sonnet on Chillon | 1:34 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Fare Thee Well | 5:12 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
She Walks in Beauty | 1:10 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Destruction of Sennacherib | 1:51 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Jephthah's Daughter | 1:23 | Read by Larry Wilson |
On a Distant View of the Village and School of Harrow on the Hill | 2:59 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Maid of Athens, ere we part | 1:32 | Read by czandra |
Stanzas to Augusta | 4:19 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
Epistle to Augusta | 10:20 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
When we two parted | 1:44 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
Stanzas for Music | 3:34 | Read by George Banfield |
The Dream | 11:08 | Read by George Banfield |
To Thomas Moore | 0:56 | Read by Stacey Malcolm |
So, we'll go no more a-roving | 0:49 | Read by Sagarika |
On the Bust of Helen by Canova | 0:43 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
A very mournful ballad on the Siege and Conquest of Alhama | 7:17 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Stanzas: "Could love for ever" | 2:59 | Read by czandra |
Darkness | 7:00 | Read by Sheridan Alistair |
Prometheus | 4:06 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Stanzas written on the road between Florence and Pisa | 1:47 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
On this day I complete my thirty-sixth year | 3:00 | Read by Alan Mapstone |