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Four Quartets

By: T. S. Eliot
Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes
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About this listen

A masterly new recording by Ralph Fiennes. Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T. S. Eliot's career as a poet.

While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in 20th-century poetry, its four parts, 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Gidding', present a rigorous meditation on the spiritual, philosophical and personal themes which preoccupied the author.

It was the way in which a private voice was heard to speak for the concerns of an entire generation, in the midst of war and doubt, that confirmed it as an enduring masterpiece.

©1944 T. S. Eliot (P)2011 Faber & Faber Ltd Classics Collections & Anthologies Literary History & Criticism Poetry

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"Eliot's own reading of Four Quartets was masterly, but this recording is an elegant tribute." ( The Guardian)
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I listen to this regularly at night. TS Eliot has revealed a new perspective on life to me, now alone in my late 70s. The tone of Ralph Fiennes.voice is calming and reflective and had led me to other titles equally rewarding

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Beautiful and meaningful narration. I have listened to this many times. Ralph Fiennes interpretation is excellent

Brilliant recording

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fill pf luscious evocations 9f time and place. i use it to drift off into dream filled sleep

really lovely.

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Superb. A well paced and sensitive reading which allows the listener to take in at least some of the meaning at the first time of listening.

Excellent Reading

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Absolutely beautiful but maybe a bit expensive at a full credit for a work that is under an hour long.

Absolutely beautiful

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