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The Prisoner of Chillon

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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