Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
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Thomas Hardy
(3,5 Sterne; 2 Bewertungen)
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous novels as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd.
Similar to his novels, the underlying themes of the majority of the poems in this collection are death, departure and unfulfilled love, while the central piece is comprised of the 15 short "Satires of Circumstance," funny poems with a bittersweet touch.
The poems have been recorded by our trio of readers John Burlinson, Tomas Peter and Sonia. As an interesting touch, some poems can be considered short dramatic readings, and as such have been performed as dialogues. (3 hr 42 min)
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a hardly halfhearted hearing of Hardy's hardly hopeful harmonies
False Grind
(3,5 Sterne)
This is a fairly-satisfying lot of readers on this volume of Hardy's poetry. Everyone reads generally at a good pace and I can understand all of them well enough. A larger quantity of English readers (or any English readers in this case) is to be desired here, and many of these poems are not read with the elegiac somberness of tone that they deserve, but I suppose that's maybe asking for too much. It is free after all.