Selection from Poems by Alexander Pushkin read by Alan Mapstone | Full Audio Book

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Selection from Poems by Alexander Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Genre(s): Lyric
Read by: Alan Mapstone in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POEMS: My Pedigree
00:04:59 - 02 - My Monument
00:06:56 - 03 - My Muse
00:08:18 - 04 - My Demon
00:09:58 - 05 - The Prophet
00:12:12 - 06 - NARRATIVE POEMS: The Outcast
00:15:30 - 07 - The Black Shawl
00:18:05 - 08 - The Roussalka
00:22:00 - 09 - The Cossak
00:25:36 - 10 - The Drowned
00:30:37 - 11 - POEMS OF NATURE: The North Wind
00:32:01 - 12 - Winter Morning
00:34:22 - 13 - Winter Evening
00:36:48 - 14 - The Winter-Road
00:38:55 - 15 - POEMS OF LOVE: The Storm-Maid
00:40:04 - 16 - The Bard
00:41:22 - 17 - Spanish Love-Song
00:42:35 - 18 - Invocation
00:44:31 - 19 - MISCELLANEOUS POEMS: The Poet
00:46:04 - 20 - To The Poet
00:47:41 - 21 - Insanity
00:49:53 - 22 - Death-Thoughts
00:52:17 - 23 - Rights
00:54:10 - 24 - The Delibash
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called 'the father of Russian literature'. He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many later 19th century Russian-language writers.Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states 'I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers.' - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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[@obiwan-in-a-pudding2909]

Alan Mapstone was a bad choice for reading this one because he talks too slow. Poetry us supposed to have a sort of rhythm. His rhythm is all wrong, and every line sounds incredulous because he drags out the end of his sentences.

[@James-ll3jb]

He's also astonishingly bland.