A Ruined Reversolet
C. J. Dennis
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Ruined Reversolet by C. J. Dennis. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 28, 2012.
Clarence James Dennis was an Australian poet and journalist. In his varied career, he worked as a barman, shearer, solicitor's clerk, newspaper proprietor and (as do many Australians) a civil servant, before settling down in a rural retreat at Toolangi, in the Dandenong Ranges, east of Melbourne.
His most famous work is "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", a verse novel written in an Australian vernacular and first published in 1915. Despite its artless presentation, Dennis' verse is constructed with great skill, and attracted enthusiastic reviews from such august critics as H.G. Wells. E.V. Lucas and Sir John Betjeman.
Dennis' significance as a literary figure has been recognized by the establishment of C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, which is awarded annually as part of the Premier's Literary Awards for the state of Victoria. (0 hr 10 min)
Chapters
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by AG | 0:39 | Read by April Gonzales |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by ALP | 0:42 | Read by Algy Pug |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by BJS | 0:48 | Read by Bev J Stevens |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by CAM | 0:49 | Read by Cynthia Moyer |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by DL | 0:34 | Read by David Lawrence |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by EL | 0:36 | Read by Elijah Lucian |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by GC | 0:33 | Read by Snapdragon |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by JCM | 0:36 | Read by Janette Brown |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by JDB | 0:33 | Read by Jason Mills |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by LLW | 0:41 | Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by MC | 0:38 | Read by mlcui |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by PJW | 0:36 | Read by Patrick Wallace |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by RG | 0:41 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by RN | 0:45 | Read by ravenotation |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by TJMM | 0:36 | Read by Tim Makarios |
| A Ruined Reversolet - Read by TS | 0:38 | Read by rookieblue |