Written by Robert Browning
Read by Martin Jarvis
Browning’s work, like that of his wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning, has undergone much critical reappraisal in recent years. His sharp wit and keen psychological eye give his work a startling freshness and modernity.
Dur: 1hrs 49minsSTEREO
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3s - 279MB
Written by Thomas Hardy
Read by Martin Jarvis
The poems in this collection display Hardy's characteristic interplay between life and fate. Sometimes bleak, sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes painfully personal, each poem pits the intensity of human existence – our loves, our hatreds, our desires, our disappointments – against the indifference of the natural world. Whether set on the battlefield or the cornfield, Hardy's poems are suffused by an unsentimental melancholy and a quiet hope.
Dur: 1hrs 10minsSTEREO
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3s - 218MB