Audiobooks by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Aurora Leigh is an aspiring poet of independent spirit, rebelling against the stifling constraints of Victorian middle-class society and struggling for self expression. This story exposes the hypocrisy and repressive social attitudes of Victorian England."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Author), Digital Voice Madison G (Narrator)

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The Cry of the Children

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Author), Chiara Surico (Narrator)

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Aurora Leigh

"Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘novel in verse’ is an epic poem that voices with enchanting beauty and literary courage the perspective of Victorian women. Aurora Leigh forges her own path to become a poet, successfully proving her worth, defying the ideals of her era, and rescuing her spirit from the suppression of a routine domestic life. Infusing the work with her own experience and passion, Browning produced a true masterpiece. With young readers today regularly extolling this ‘piece of heaven’, it is clear that the passing of time has proved beyond doubt her ‘wild and magnificent genius’ (Edgar Allan Poe). In this intelligent reading by Lucy Scott, Aurora Leigh’s qualities are illuminated for all to hear."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Author), Lucy Scott (Narrator)

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101 Great American Poems: To My Dear and Loving Husband, The Planting of the Apple-Tree, Concord Hymn, The Arrow and the Song, Alone, Annabel Lee and others

"Discover the heartbeat of American poetry through 101 Great American Poems — a carefully curated collection that spans centuries of voices. From the reflective verses of Anne Bradstreet to the bold rhythms of Langston Hughes, this anthology captures the soul of a nation through themes of love, loss, freedom, and hope. Tracing a journey from Puritan resolve to the artistic fervor of the Harlem Renaissance, these poems invite readers to explore America's evolving identity across generations and genres. A testament to the enduring power of words, this anthology invites readers to witness the evolution of a nation's spirit — in verse, in rhythm, in timeless reflection. This collection brings together iconic voices, including: Anne Bradstreet Phillis Wheatley William Cullen Bryant Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Edgar Allan Poe Abraham Lincoln Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Herman Melville Walt Whitman Frances E. W. Harper Emily Dickinson Ella Wheeler Wilcox Ernest Lawrence Thayer Edwin Arlington Robinson Stephen Crane James Weldon Johnson Paul Laurence Dunbar Gertrude Stein Vachel Lindsay Claude McKay Countee Cullen Amy Lowell James Oppenheim Elizabeth Barrett Browning Emma Lazarus Louisa May Alcott Ellis Parker Butler Hugh Henry Brackenridge Matthew Arnold William Butler Yeats William Blake Sara Teasdale William Barnes "

Abraham Lincoln, Amy Lowell, Anne Bradstreet, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Edgar Allan Poe, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellis Parker Butler, Emily Dickinson, Emma Lazarus, Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Frances E. W. Harper, Gertrude Stein, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, James Oppenheim, James Weldon Johnson, Louisa May Alcott, Matthew Arnold, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Phillis Wheatley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Crane, Vachel Lindsay, Walt Whitman, William Barnes, William Blake, William Butler Yeats, William Cullen Bryant (Author), Mark Bowen (Narrator)

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A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic ? Birthdays

"'A dime a dozen' as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English 'cheap as chips' but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit 'A Rhyme a Dozen' as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Birthdays - An Introduction 2 - A Birthday by Christina Rossetti 3 - On My Mother's Fiftieth Birthday by Lucretia Maria Davidson 4 - On My Thirty Third Birthday, January 22nd 1821 by Lord Byron 5 - To My Father on His Birthday by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 6 - Song of the Democratic Review of it's Birthday, October the 1st 1857 by William Ross Wallace 7 - Stella's Birthday, March 13th 1727 by Jonathan Swift 8 - On Tea by Edmund Waller 9 - To H W L on His Birthday 27th February 1867 by James Russell Lowell 10 - To Mrs Jane Forster, On Her Birthday, August 4th 1724 by Henry Baker 11 - To the Memory of Mrs Lefroy Who Died December 16 My Birthday by Jane Austen 12 - Shakespeare. An Ode for His Three-Hundreth Birthday by Martin Farquhar Tupper 13 - On the Morning of Christs Nativity by John Milton"

Christina Rossetti, Edmund Waller, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Henry Baker, James Russell Lowell, Jane Austen, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Lord Byron, Lucretia Maria Davidson, Martin Farquhar Tupper, William Ross Wallace (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Stella Gonet, Warren Keyes (Narrator)

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A Rhyme A Dozen - Fathers

"'A dime a dozen' as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English 'cheap as chips' but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit 'A Rhyme a Dozen' as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Fathers - An Introduction2 - Anecdote for Fathers by William Wordsworth3 - Any Father to Any Son by F B Money-Coutts4 - Come Home Father by Henry Clay Work5 - To Her Father with Some Verses by Anne Bradstreet6 - Our Fathers Also by Rudyard Kipling7 - Portrait of My Father as a Young Man by Rainer Maria Rilke8 - The Sins of the Fathers by Stephen Crane9 - To My Father on His Birthday by Elizabeth Barrett Browning10 - The Father by Katharine Tynan11 - Sonnet 37 - As a Decrepit Father Takes Delight by William Shakespeare12 - A Poet's Father by Ambrose Bierce13 - Epitaph on My Ever Honoured Father by Robert Burns"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Wordsworth (Author), Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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Sonnets From the Portuguese

"Not just a collection of poems written in the same form and genre but a flowing and intimate portrait of love given and received, 'Sonnets From the Portuguese' is perhaps poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's most well-known work. This intimate and evocative publication that transcends meter and rhyme is brought to unique life in this audiobook by Adriel Brandt The immense honesty, humble gratitude, and deep affection present in this work reveal the profundity not only of the poet's love, but also of the power of the love she received. Barrett Browning, who was disabled early in life by terrible migraines and spinal pain, reveals in her poems how love inspired her to embrace life—love, in her case, received from her husband for whom this collection was written. Whether you are loved most deeply by a partner, a relative, or a friend, may you know love that empowers you as Barrett Browning was empowered by the love she makes so tangible in these poems. Why is this male narrator reading intimate poems written by a woman for her spouse? In bringing this profound collection of poems to life, Adriel Brandt lends his soft baritone to perhaps the only place where the male voice is not aggressively dominant; indeed, where it is, maybe, too quiet: a place of humility, sensitivity, and reflective adoration. The longevity and ubiquity of this work speaks to its transcendence of its audience of one, to begin with, and when he revisited the work for this project, Brandt found that Barrett Browning gave voice to what had been uncommunicable in his own soul. What had been a woman's interior adulations, then love letters for a husband, then a publication read by millions, became the poetry of his own condition—once more, and always, personal: an intimate communication of profoundest love. "

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Author), Adriel Brandt (Narrator)

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The Poetry of Dogs

"Man's best friend. An always faithful ally.Whether the dog is domesticated as a pet and there to enjoy life with a family or as a work-dog herding sheep, helping to hunt, police or guard, the dog has proved time and time again to have many invaluable uses. They come in all shapes and sizes from sought after breeds to lowly mongrels each with an array of qualities that give them distinct personalities. From earliest times dogs have been able to find a unique place fulfilling the needs of their keepers and often there is equal devotion from master to servant. A dog's life no longer has to have negative connotations as so many pooches are loved, extravagantly fed, groomed, petted and pawed over, all perhaps more than our fellow man. Dogs were even worshipped as deities in Mesopotamian times and across several cultures and civilisations including Hindu, Chinese and Greek, they are the helpers, the watchers or guardians of sacred or sensitive sites. Between then and now poets have written verse, both serious and humorous, in attempts to keep a poetic track both of feelings and as a tribute to our four-legged friends and their adventures.1 - The Poetry of Dogs - An Introduction2 - A Friendly Welcome by Lord Byron3 - A Popular Personage At Home by Thomas Hardy4 - The Power of the Dog by Rudyard Kiping5 - Verse for a Certain Dog by Dorothy Parker6 - The Best Friend by Meribah Abbott7 - The Joy of a Dog by Edgar Albert Guest8 - Dog by Harold Munro9 - My Comforter by Anonymous10 - Four Feet. 'The Woman in His Life' by Rudyard Kipling11 - The Dog and His Master by Anne Kingsmill-Finch12 - Little Lost Pup by Arthur Guiterman13 - A Little Dog That Wags His Tail by Emily Dickinson14 - The Hairy Dog by Herbert Asquith15 - Dogs and Weather by Winifred Welles16 - Incident. Charactristic of a Favourite Dog Which Belonged to a Friend of the Author by William Wordsworth17 - Confessions of a Glutton by Don Marquis18 - The Fable of the Shepherd and Wolf by John Gay19 - On a Spaniel Called 'Beau', Killing a Young Bird by William Cowper20 - Beau's Reply by William Cowper21 - Contentment by Burges Johnson wav22 - The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog by Anonymous23 - The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat by Eugene Field24 - How the Feud Started by Arthur Guiterman25 - Tray by Robert Browning26 - The Dog and the Water Lily. No Fable by William Cowper27 - The Irish Greyhound by Katherine Phillips28 - The Fable of the Mastiff by John Gay29 - The Dog in the Manger by Aphra Behn30 - Towser, A True Tale, 20th July 1806 by Robert Tannahill31 - The Dog of St Bernard's by Caroline Fry Wilson32 - Sonnet - To Tartar, A Terrier Beauty by Thomas Lovell Beddoes33 - Tobias's Dog by Mary Howitt34 - I Started Early - Took my Dog by Emily Dickinson35 - Canis Major by Robert Frost36 - Man and Dog by Edward Thomas37 - Dog Days by Amy Lowell38 - So This Is How I Turned into a Dog by Vladamir Mayakovsky39 - The Dogs by Arthur Symons40 - To a Black Greyhound by Julian Grenfell41 - An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith42 - The Dog Tupman by Stella Benson43 - Upon His Spaniel Tracy by Robert Herrick44 - To Rollo by Kenneth Grahame45 - Ruby by Edward Lear46 - To Flush, My Dog by Elizabeth Barrett Browning47 - Kaiser Dead by Matthew Arnold48 - Epitaph to a Dog by Lord Byron49 - Last Words To A Dumb Friend by Thomas Hardy"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy (Author), Laurel Lefkow, Nigel Planer, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Fifty Shades of Love

"The most enduring and popular theme of poems and poets is that of love. Can anyone think of a poet who has not in inky lines described their pursuit of love, their hopes for love, their loss of love, their unrequited love, their love of love ..... No.The language of poetry is mysterious but yearns to capture the essence and all aspects of its subject. In 'Love' it finds a difficult mistress. Individual poems can capture individual moments but has any one poem found within its lexicon the formula for the attainment of love? Again, the answer is 'No'.Love changes, its rhythms pause and pulse on the tiniest of things and the biggest of thrills. Within its shades all other feelings, all other emotions, gently reside, waiting for their moment.In these fifty poems the many, many shades of love reveal themselves....."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lord Byron, William Shakespeare (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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15 Minutes Of Love Poems - Volume 1

"Love. What is love?The question is asked by each of us but the answer remains elusive. Dictionaries summon up many words but none fulfill. Love itself is often ethereal, felt but only seen in a glance, a look, a fleeting touch. Part of Love’s beauty is perhaps in the fact that the question never can be adequately answered; its ephemeral, a chimera of the heart and only felt. Our own experiences are unique and personal to ourselves and of little help defining it for another.Love is perhaps best expressed through poetry. As Plato said 2500 years ago “At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet”. Writing a love poem for ones’ partner is seen as the most romantic of gestures. It opens our hearts to another's. Lovers love.Here, in this volume history’s greatest poets convey thoughts, feelings and sentiments of love to you in quick (or bite-size) conversations of verse that can slip into your day and your partner's heart."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Tagore, Wb Yeats (Author), Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Female Poets of the Nineteenth Century - Volume 1

"For much of history women have been seen rather than heard. Their thoughts, their views have lain too long in the shadows of our culture. Whilst this traditional view has some merit it is not entirely accurate.Here, gathered together in these volumes, we can, through their words, experience their lives; we can hear their voices, their thoughts, joys, loves and losses.For the Female Poet there was always the confining hand of men to instruct that their time was perhaps spent more productively elsewhere. These lines, these gilded verses often protest otherwise.The contribution of women in these earlier centuries is immense and in this series we bring together poets who have created some of the most beautiful and expressive verses ever written. And remember these words, these telling lines, have been written against the grain of society's male bias. With their remembered words these female poets have given us a history that we can all now share.This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing. Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations."

Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot (Author), Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning - The Poetry

"Elizabeth Barrett Moulton Barrett was born on 6 March 1806, in Coxhoe Hall, County Durham, the eldest of 12 children. The family's wealth was derived from sugar plantations manned by slaves in Jamaica and enabling them to also purchase a 500-acre estate in Herefordshire. This wealth allowed her to publish poems from an early age. However by age 20 the family's fortunes were to decline, but never below comfortable, after losing a lawsuit over their plantations. Shortly thereafter Elizabeth became afflicted with an unknown disease and became addicted to morphine. Despite this she continued to write and became increasingly popular both in England and in the United States. Her poems against slavery chronicled her abhorrence of the basis of the family wealth. In 1844 she was introduced to the younger Robert Browning who was a great admirer of her work and began a secret courtship and thence to marriage. To him she wrote and dedicated one of her greatest works, Sonnets from the Portuguese, and they went to live in Italy in 1846. Although by now an invalid, she seemed insecure of the love of the vigorous Robert but continued to write and publish poetry as diverse as love sonnets and political pieces before succumbing to death in 1861. Our readers include Ghizela Rowe and Richard Mitchley."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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