The Idylls of the King (BBC Radio 3: Drama on 3) Audiobook (Unabridged)

" I have more read in this than read it throughat once. I found I loved Tennyson at a time when I had, quite a bit of time on my hands. Tennyson has a voice unlike any you'll find in contempery writing. "

" Tennyson was a true sub-creator and mythopoeist - brilliant "

" A very beautiful account of the Arthurian cycle. "

" The story of how one sin can ruin a world. I wish Tennyson had gone the extra mile and made it rhyme. I didn't care much for the first idyll, but after that my attitude improved, and I liked the subsequent ones very much. "

" I went straight from reading Malorys Works to this, so seeing where Tennyson took Malory was fascinating and really awesome. Well written work of poetry as well. That said, I can't honestly say whether it's worth reading if you don't know Malory that well, or anything on Arthur that isn't a contemporary work of fiction. Maybe...maybe not. "

" Folklore will never cease to amaze and inspire me. Tennyson is a master that equals the size of his story. Beautiful. "

" I tried to immerse myself in the whole Arthurian romance thing, but it just did not work. Not my favorite British poet laureate, I'd have to say. "

" I was obsessed with Tennyson's poetry in High School and College. I blame my mother. This is an amazing piece of work. "

" I spent the past semester studying this text in depth for one of my classes and enjoyed every minute of it! The imagery, symbolism, and social commentary blew me away. Tennyson has easily become one of my favorite Victorian poets! "

" Literary lanking: I have never cared for poetry. "

" One of the classic Arthurian accounts, and one that you really have to read, but you can see the Victorian-mentaility sanitizing of the tales. Chivalry is taken to a romanticized level found in few of the other versions. "

" Beautiful. Late in the game for the Arthurian reader (19th C), but he surely keeps the flame alive. Really inspirational. If the Arthurian Vulgate Cycle were the blues, he'd be... someone awesome. "

" This is the book that led me to believe that Tennyson is overrated. I never went in much for stories about monarchy anyway, and poetry about monarchy does even less for me. "

" I listened to this on the drive to campus over last semester and this one. The audio book I used was a Librivox recording by Elizabeth Klett (which can be found here). I highly recommend both Tennyson's text and Klett's reading. "

" The sheer length of the poems will send you reeling and to be honest they didn't seem all that interesting to me. I don't enjoy romantic poems about courtly love (and loss) and the poems are long enough to drown in! "

" Absolutely gorgeous poems...the final battle left me almost breathless. I was only able to read half of it for my thesis, but I'm going to read the other half over Christmas. What an incredible book. Beautiful and heartwrenching. *sigh* "

" Light frothy poetry, easy to read! Thoroughly enjoyable! "

" Read this for class, and adapted one of the idylls 'Balin and Balan' for my final paper. It was fun reading this text, Tennyson's poetry is full of beautiful imagery and great stories. Fun for fans of poetry and Arthurian legend. "

" I like Tennyson, but I was in my twenties before I felt like picking him up again after this introduction to his poetry. "

" Ah, Tennyson! It feels like coming home. This book is music to me. "