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    The Poems of T.S. Eliot Read by Jeremy Irons
    The Poems of T.S. Eliot Read by Jeremy Irons
    The Poems of T.S. Eliot Read by Jeremy Irons
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    The Poems of T.S. Eliot Read by Jeremy Irons

    Written by T. S. Eliot

    Narrated by Jeremy Irons

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    Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons's perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity. Major poems range from 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', through the post-war desolation of 'The Waste Land' and the spiritual struggle of 'Ash-Wednesday', to the enduring charm of 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'.The Spectator praised Jeremy Irons's interpretation as 'so accessible, reading Eliot as if finding his words for the first time, grappling with them, relishing them, using them to express feelings that we all share as we struggle to accept, to recognise or relinquish'. Dame Eileen Atkins also appears alongside Jeremy Irons in the reading of 'The Waste Land'.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFaber & Faber
    Release dateApr 5, 2018
    ISBN9780571342716
    The Poems of T.S. Eliot Read by Jeremy Irons
    Author

    T. S. Eliot

    THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He moved to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965.

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      Great. T.S.Eliot+Jeremy Irons and his voice... Fantastic combination for poetry.
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      Great, starts slow but when he gets to the cats it's gold