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Songs of the Road

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(3,8 Sterne; 5 Bewertungen)

Although best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle did not only write works of mystery and of adventure - he was also a rather successful poet. This is a collection of poems written by the famous author. - Summary by Carolin (1 hr 21 min)

Chapters

A Hymn of Empire

2:54

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Sir Nigel's Song

1:21

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Arab Steed

3:15

Read by ImkeStevens

A Post-Impressionist

4:09

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Empire Builders

2:57

Read by Greg Giordano

The Groom's Encore

4:40

Read by Ellen Preckel

The Bay Horse

1:14

Read by Ellen Preckel

The Outcasts

1:53

Read by Phil Chenevert

The End

1:11

Read by Bruce Kachuk

1902-1909

4:40

Read by Catherine R. Salazar

The Wanderer

4:41

Read by Greg Giordano

Bendy's Sermon

7:10

Read by Martin Geeson

Compensation

3:06

Read by Greg Giordano

The Banner of Progress

1:08

Read by Greg Giordano

Hope

1:55

Read by Greg Giordano

Religio Medici

2:16

Read by Eric Metzler

Man's Limitation

1:26

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Mind and Matter

1:05

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Darkness

1:38

Read by Greg Giordano

A Woman's Love

1:04

Read by Julia Niedermaier

By the North Sea

1:01

Read by Phil Schempf

December's Snow

1:14

Read by Phil Schempf

Shakespeare's Expostulation

6:13

Read by Martin Geeson

The Empire

0:48

Read by Greg Giordano

A Voyage

2:00

Read by Greg Giordano

The Orphanage

1:19

Read by Onlam

Sexagenarius Loquitur

1:16

Read by Ruth Golding

Night Voices

1:09

Read by Bruce Kachuk

The Message

1:03

Read by Winston Tharp

The Echo

0:46

Read by Julia Niedermaier

Advice to a Young Author

1:06

Read by Julia Niedermaier

A Lilt of the Road

10:13

Read by Eric Metzler

Bewertungen

MASTER WORDSMITH

(4,5 Sterne)

Poetry lends itself to.many moods. One can abandon oneself to the soaring passion of Wordsworth or read and re-read Frost, attempting to wring every subtle meaning from his musings. The epics of Homer and The like give us fanciful historic narrative, and "device" poems such as "Canturbury Tales" or "Decameron" furnish us with various short stories loosely woven into a whole. Milton and Dante give us grandiose renderings of religious import. ACD gives us short poems which are witty and pithy, but my enjoyment of them lies in his carefully turned phrasing and unsurpassed rhyming meter. His is, indeed,the work of a brilliant wordsmith.