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The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity. Major poems range from 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' through the post-war desolation of 'The Waste Land' and the spiritual struggle of 'Ash-Wednesday', to the enduring charm of 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'.
The Spectator praised Jeremy Irons' interpretation as 'so accessible, reading Eliot as if finding his words for the first time, grappling with them, relishing them, using them to express feelings that we all share as we struggle to accept, to recognise or relinquish'. Dame Eileen Atkins also appears alongside Jeremy Irons in the reading of 'The Waste Land'.
UPDATED EDITION WITH POEM TITLES FOR EASY NAVIGATION.
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"For such a major poet, Eliot left a fairly sparse body of work, and all his mature poems are here. And while many consider him to be a fairly austere modernist, these readings by Jeremy Irons bring out the human passion (and sometimes the intellectual passion) that lurks in the poems.... His versions are simply more human, as beautifully crafted as the poems themselves." (AudioFile)
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- martin
- 31-12-21
Just perfect
If you have never thought of poetry before, please try this. Jeremy Irons is a beautiful voice. Unfortunately you cannot choose an individual poem, but that doesn't really matter. I never get bored, and I'm still waiting for Little Gidding...
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- liz little
- 03-10-20
Wonderful narrator
Jeremy Irons has such an amazing voice , it’s the first time in a long time I’ve been sad that I got to the end of the book . I just wanted it to go on forever !
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- Peter Clinch
- 12-06-18
I hope this helps........
POEMS OF T.S.ELIOT
Read by Jeremy Irons
Prufrock and other Observations 1917
1/ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
2/ Portrait of a Lady
3/ Preludes
4/ Rhapsody on a Windy Night
5/ Morning at the Window
6/ The ‘Boston Evening Transcript’
7/ Aunt Helen
8/ Cousin Nancy
9/ Mr. Apollinax
10/ Hysteria
11/ Conversation Galante
12/ La Figlia Che Piange
Poems, 1920
13/ Gerontion
14/ Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar
15/ Sweeney Erect
16/ A Cooking Egg
17/ The Hippopotamus.
18/ Whispers of Immortality
19/ Mr Eliot’s Sunday Morning Service
20/ Sweeney Among the Nightingales
The Waste Land. 1922
21/ The Burial of the Dead
22/ A Game of Chess
23/ The Fire Sermon
24/ Death by Water
25/ What the Thunder Said
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26/The Hollow Men. 1925
Ash-Wednesday. 1930
27/ Because I do not hope to turn again
28/ Lady, three white leopards sat under a juniper-tree
29/ At the first turning of the second stair
30/ Who walked between the violet and the violet
31/. If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent
32/ Although I do not hope to turn again
Ariel Poems
33/ Journey of the Magi, 1927
34/ A Song for Simeon. 1928
35/ Animula, 1929
36/ Marina, 1930
37/ The Cultivation of Christmas Trees 1954
The Four Quartets
38/ Burnt Norton 1935
39/ “”. II
40/. “” III
41/. “”. IV
42/ “”. V
43/ East Coker 1940
44/ “”. II
45/ “”. III
46/ “”. IV
47/ “”. V
48/ The Dry Salvages. 1941
49/ “”. II
50/ “”. III
51/ “”. IV
52/ “”. V
53/ Little Giddings. 1942
54/ “”. II
55/ “”. III
56/ “”. IV
57/ “”. V
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
58/ The Naming of Cats
59/ The Old Gumbie Cat
60/ Growltiger’s Last Stand
61/ The Rum Tum Tugger
62/ The Song of the Jellicles
63/ Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer
64/ Old Deuteronomy
65/ The Pekes and the Pollicles
66/ Mr. Mistoffeles
67/ Macavity: the Mystery Cat
68/ Gus: the Theatre Cat
69/ Bustopher Jones: the Cat about Town
70/ Skimbleshanks: the Railway Cat
71/ The Ad-dressing of Cats
72/ Cat Morgan Introduces Himself
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- K-man
- 21-08-20
What a superb performance!
T.S. Elliot poetry comes to live thanks to the voice of Jeremy Irons and his masterful way of reading.
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- Emil Veselinov Milanov
- 23-12-20
A singular experience
T. S. Eliot needs no introduction. Nor do his poems need a recommendation. As for Jeremy Irons' performance, it is both commanding, whimsical and captivating. A truly singular experience all around.
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- Naughtymoose
- 27-06-18
Very good, but...
Excellent narration, but no index with poem titles. This means that one is unable to select a piece by title.
Another gripe is that there is too short a pause after each piece, giving no time for reflection or contemplation.
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- Sean Kiely
- 30-04-18
One Of The Greatest Recordings Of A Great Poet
Jeremy Irons understands the music in Eliot's poetry like no other reader I have heard, Including the poet himself. This is an outstanding recording and I recommend it enthusiastically.
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- Christian
- 27-05-18
Fantastic... :-)
In my view this is one of the best audiobooks I have ever enjoyed. Jeremy Irons reading T. S. Eliot is really as good as it gets. Highly recommended.
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- Marcia Mackey
- 01-10-20
Perfection.
The poetry speaks for itself of course, but if you must give it another voice then Jeremy Irons just cannot be bettered. He understands the dramatic qualities but doesn't 'act' the poems. Just a dream narrator. I finally 'get' TS Eliot.
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- Peter Arend
- 09-10-23
Outstanding in every way
TS Eliot is a genius, his poetry is always thought provoking even those about cats. He writes with exquisite style, each word has its place. Jeremy Irons has to be one of the very best readers, he knows the art of phrasing and inwardly bringing colour to each poem.
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