Publisher Description
As the sun lengthens its days to summer, so a sport begins to dominate the thoughts and actions of sportsmen all over the globe. This game that is so encapsulated in village greens, of evening song, of Middle England, is now spread far across the world. From the marathon of a five day test to the razzle-dazzle excitement of Twenty20, cricket captures many things: the comforting sound of willow on leather, the slow raised hand of an umpire, the arcane rules, and frequent breaks for tea and other necessities that still conjure up the image of a bygone world.
In this volume poets throughout the ages share the agony and the ecstasy of this great sport. Included here are "Cricket at Harrow" by Lord Byron, "Dedicated to the Famous Notts and Surrey Elevens" by Albert Craig "Dad on the Test" by C. J. Dennis, "Cricket" by J. S. Fletcher, an extract from "A Shropshire Lad" by A. E. Houseman, and many others.
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About various authors
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker and a washerwoman. As a young teenager, he became quite well known in Odense as a reciter of drama and as a singer. When he was fourteen, he set off for the capital, Copenhagen, determined to become a national success on the stage. He failed miserably, but made some influential friends in the capital who got him into school to remedy his lack of proper education. In 1829 his first book was published. After that, books came out at regular intervals. His stories began to be translated into English as early as 1846. Since then, numerous editions, and more recently Hollywood songs and Disney cartoons, have helped to ensure the continuing popularity of the stories in the English-speaking world.
About the Narrators
Ghizela Rowe has worked in broadcast
television for thirty years on a broad range of programming. Her specialization
is in music. She helps run the Copyright Group, an extensive collection of
master recording rights, and has lent her voice to many audiobooks, including The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
Elizabeth Gaskell: The Short Stories, and The Romantics: An Introduction.
Ghizela Rowe has worked in broadcast
television for thirty years on a broad range of programming. Her specialization
is in music. She helps run the Copyright Group, an extensive collection of
master recording rights, and has lent her voice to many audiobooks, including The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
Elizabeth Gaskell: The Short Stories, and The Romantics: An Introduction.