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The Great Poets: Alfred Lord Tennyson (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Alfred Tennyson Play Audiobook Sample

The Great Poets: Alfred Lord Tennyson Audiobook (Unabridged)

By: Alfred Tennyson
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Read By: Michael Pennington Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 0.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 0.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: August 2009 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
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The 200th anniversary of the birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892), one of the most popular of poets, is celebrated in 2009. Works such as The Charge of the Light Brigade, Crossing the Bar, and Tears, Idle Tears have made him an internationally famous figure, and the second most quoted writer of all time (after Shakespeare).

Tennyson's poetic works encompass a great range of styles, settings and personae, and are known for their emotional resonance and powerful imagery. Naxos AudioBooks's popular The Great Poets series marks the anniversary with an audio bringing together all the key works, read by veteran reader Michael Pennington.

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About Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892), the first Baron Tennyson, was the poet laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria’s reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.

About Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington is a British director and actor who has played many leading parts for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and his own English Shakespeare Company. He has appeared as Richard Strauss and Wilhelm Furtwangler in Ronald Harwood’s Collaboration and Taking Sides in the West End and performed two solo shows on Anton Chekhov and William Shakespeare. Although primarily a stage actor, Pennington has also appeared in film, most notably as Moff Jerjerrod in Return of the Jedi and as Michael Foot in The Iron Lady. He is also the author of Hamlet: A User’s Guide, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A User’s Guide, and Are You There, Crocodile? Inventing Anton Chekhov.