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Tannhäuser

Read by Alan Mapstone


Richard Wagner


The legend of Tannhäuser, the Minstrel Knight who, having betrayed his love for the virtuous Elizabeth by dallying in the Venusberg, re…

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was first published anonymously in 1809 with Byron only identified as the author in the 2nd edition. Byro…

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto III

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describ…

Poems of Pilgrimage

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Thomas Hardy


A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerla…

Admirals All

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Sir Henry Newbolt


A short collection of poems on Naval and other military themes by the English poet and military historian Sir Henry Newbolt published in1897…

20 - Book First, Chapters 5 to 10. Of the kingdom of Mausul. Of the great city …

In The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels o…

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Rustichello da Pisa and Rustichello Da Pisa


"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milion…

How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife.

In Nibelungenlied

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translated by Daniel B. Shumway


The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfri…

The Outland Trails

In Songs of the Outlands: Ballads of the Hoboes and Other Verse

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Henry Herbert Knibbs


A poetry collection. The poem "Out There Somewhere" was extensively quoted in and was the basis for Edgar Rice Burroughs' story &q…

Chapter 20, Part 1

In The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)

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Alessandro Manzoni


The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo,…