The Giaour


Read by Grant Hurlock

(4.1 stars; 8 reviews)

"The Giaour" is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first in the series of his Oriental romances. "The Giaour" proved to be a great success when published, consolidating Byron's reputation critically and commercially. (Summary by Wikipedia) (1 hr 2 min)

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The Giaour 1:02:22 Read by Grant Hurlock

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The title word


(3 stars)

The reader pronounces the title word "correctly" in English. The word is found in Russian dictionaries as "гяур" and also in Lermontov's "A Hero of Our Time," where it is defined in a footnote as a Muslim term for non-Muslims.


(4 stars)

Good tempo and diction, very good tone. No issue but this: The title word is a foreign loan and as a rule heavily mispronounced in English, not that the reader could do much about it.