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The Poetry of Lord Byron, Volume X: The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems

By: Lord Byron
Narrated by: Robert Bethune
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This volume of The Poetry of Lord Byron is focused on work in which Byron dealt with certain themes that recurred throughout his career, especially personal integrity in the search for freedom and for love, and the suffering that can go with that search.

"The Prisoner of Chillon", the keynote piece of this volume, is one of Byron’s most riveting pieces. Based on the true story of Francois Bonivard, it tells its story of political repression and human endurance in the voice of the last of three brothers imprisoned in the bowels of the castle at Chillon and left to rot. It is personal rather than political; we hear of the political and religious conflict only in reference. The real story is the personal suffering of the imprisoned soul. Byron seems often to have felt oppressed, imprisoned, and exiled in his own life, and he expresses those feelings here eloquently and evocatively.

Public Domain (P)2010 Robert Bethune Classics Poetry
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Wonderful Lord Byron

What made the experience of listening to The Poetry of Lord Byron, Volume X: The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems the most enjoyable?

Byron's poetry is incredible. Many different genres, love poems, adventure stories, satires, etc.

Would you be willing to try another one of Robert Bethune’s performances?

Robert Bethune's reading is pretty awful. He sounds like a Sesame Street character reading in a funny voice, to children. Imagine a fine British actor reading these poems.

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Audible should really find, or produce, a better performance of these wonderful works of Literature.

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