Songs of the Road
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Although best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle did not only write works of mystery and of adventure - he was also a rather successful poet. This is a collection of poems written by the famous author. - Summary by Carolin (1 hr 21 min)
Chapters
| A Hymn of Empire | 2:54 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Sir Nigel's Song | 1:21 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Arab Steed | 3:15 | Read by ImkeStevens |
| A Post-Impressionist | 4:09 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Empire Builders | 2:57 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Groom's Encore | 4:40 | Read by Ellen Preckel |
| The Bay Horse | 1:14 | Read by Ellen Preckel |
| The Outcasts | 1:53 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| The End | 1:11 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| 1902-1909 | 4:40 | Read by Catherine R. Salazar |
| The Wanderer | 4:41 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Bendy's Sermon | 7:10 | Read by Martin Geeson |
| Compensation | 3:06 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Banner of Progress | 1:08 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Hope | 1:55 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Religio Medici | 2:16 | Read by Eric Metzler |
| Man's Limitation | 1:26 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Mind and Matter | 1:05 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Darkness | 1:38 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| A Woman's Love | 1:04 | Read by Julia Niedermaier |
| By the North Sea | 1:01 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| December's Snow | 1:14 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Shakespeare's Expostulation | 6:13 | Read by Martin Geeson |
| The Empire | 0:48 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| A Voyage | 2:00 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Orphanage | 1:19 | Read by Onlam |
| Sexagenarius Loquitur | 1:16 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Night Voices | 1:09 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Message | 1:03 | Read by Winston Tharp |
| The Echo | 0:46 | Read by Julia Niedermaier |
| Advice to a Young Author | 1:06 | Read by Julia Niedermaier |
| A Lilt of the Road | 10:13 | Read by Eric Metzler |
Reviews
MASTER WORDSMITH
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Poetry lends itself to.many moods. One can abandon oneself to the soaring passion of Wordsworth or read and re-read Frost, attempting to wring every subtle meaning from his musings. The epics of Homer and The like give us fanciful historic narrative, and "device" poems such as "Canturbury Tales" or "Decameron" furnish us with various short stories loosely woven into a whole. Milton and Dante give us grandiose renderings of religious import. ACD gives us short poems which are witty and pithy, but my enjoyment of them lies in his carefully turned phrasing and unsurpassed rhyming meter. His is, indeed,the work of a brilliant wordsmith.