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My LibriVox recordings & my reading journal (solo Litblog).


So Warmly We Met by Thomas Moore

LibriVox logoLibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of So Warmly We Met by Thomas Moore (1779-1852). This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 22nd – August 29th, 2010.


Running time=1m 26s (mp3@64kb)

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Lines on The Mermaid Tavern by John Keats

LibriVox logoLibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Lines on The Mermaid Tavern by John Keats (1795-1821). This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 15th – August 29th, 2010.


Running time=1m 32s (mp3@64kb)

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To…As when with downcast eyes by Alfred Lord Tennyson

LibriVox logoLibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of To…As when with downcast eyes by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 15th – August 22nd, 2010.


Running time=1m 17s (mp3@64kb)

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The Gates notes; chapters 21 to 22

The Gates

Chapter 21; In Which the Verger Is Assaulted, and a Very Unpleasant Person Comes Back to Life
In which the church built by Bishop Bernard the Bad slowly comes back to life-ish.
I’ve no doubt the vicar and verger are disconcerted, but if gargoyles started hopping off the church with the aim of learning to fly – let me just say that I’d be off, running at breakneck speed away from the building. I might even break a world record or two in my earnest bid to get away. Now if the aforementioned gargoyles then went and tried to chew on my foot, I really don’t think I’d just stand there and let it. If I hadn’t already vacated the area, there would be much stomping & kicking, also known in local parts in the U.K. as “getting the boot in”. Continue Reading →


Epigram by Alexander Pope

LibriVox logoLibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epigram by Alexander Pope (1688-1744). This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 8th – August 15th, 2010.


Running time=33s (mp3@64kb)

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