English Literature for Boys and Girls
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
85 chapters · 23 h 10 min · English
Read by Heather Eney, Gabriel Mc Dermott, MaybeCordelia, Faerie Book Mama, Kim Lamb, TR Love and others
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"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."
Thus begins a journey through the history of English literature, from the early middle ages to the Victorian era. The young person will experience the most well-loved characters of all time, from Beowulf, the warrior who dares to challenge a terrifying and bloodthirsty monster, to virtuous Una of The Faerie Queene, faithful to the end. H. E. Marshall masterfully weaves selections from the stories into her own retelling, leaving the reader with a keen appreciation for the great books that have become the foundation of Western culture. - Summary by cadastra
Chapters
1 Chapter I: In the Listening Time 9 min 2 Chapter II: The Story of the Cattle Raid of Cooley 14 min 3 Chapter III: One of the Sorrows of Story-telling 7 min 4 Chapter IV: The Story of a Literary Lie 6 min 5 Chapter V: The Story of Fingal 9 min 6 Chapter VI: About Some Old Welsh Stories 12 min 7 Chapter VII: How the Story of Arthur was Written in English 15 min 8 Chapter VIII: The Beginning of the Reading Time 13 min 9 Chapter IX: "The Passing of Arthur" 10 min 10 Chapter X: The Adventures of An Old English Book 10 min 11 Chapter XI: The Story of Beowulf 11 min 12 Chapter XII: The Father of English Song 15 min 13 Chapter XIII: How Caedmon Sang, and How He Fell Once More on Silence 11 min 14 Chapter XIV: The Father of English History 17 min 15 Chapter XV: How Alfred the Great Fought With His Pen 8 min 16 Chapter XVI: When English Slept 9 min 17 Chapter XVII: The Story of Havelok the Dane 13 min 18 Chapter XVIII: About Some Song Stories 13 min 19 Chapter XIX: "Piers the Ploughman" 11 min 20 Chapter XX: "Piers the Ploughman" - continued 14 min 21 Chapter XXI: How the Bible Came to the People 12 min 22 Chapter XXII: Chaucer - Bread and Milk for Children 8 min 23 Chapter XXIII: Chaucer - "The Canterbury Tales" 12 min 24 Chapter XXIV: Chaucer - At the Tabard Inn 17 min 25 Chapter XXV: The First English Guide-Book 14 min 26 Chapter XXVI: Barbour - "The Bruce," The Beginnings of a Struggle 15 min 27 Chapter XXVII: Barbour - "The End of the Struggle" 11 min 28 Chapter XXVIII: A Poet King 18 min 29 Chapter XXIX: The Death of the Poet King 17 min 30 Chapter XXX: Dunbar - The Wedding of the Thistle and the Rose 17 min 31 Chapter XXXI: At the Sign of the Red Pale 19 min 32 Chapter XXXII: About the Beginning of the Theater 13 min 33 Chapter XXXIII: How the Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 13 min 34 Chapter XXXIV: The Story of Everyman 7 min 35 Chapter XXXV: How a Poet Comforted a Girl 18 min 36 Chapter XXXVI: The Renaissance 11 min 37 Chapter XXXVII: The Land of Nowhere 21 min 38 Chapter XXXVIII: The Death of Sir Thomas More 10 min 39 Chapter XXXIX: How the Sonnet Came to England 14 min 40 Chapter XL: The Beginning of Blank Verse 10 min 41 Chapter XLI: Spenser - The "Shepherd's Calendar" 19 min 42 Chapter XLII: Spenser - The "Faery Queen" 15 min 43 Chapter XLIII: Spenser - His Last Days 13 min 44 Chapter XLIV: About the First Theaters 19 min 45 Chapter XLV: Shakespeare - The Boy 14 min 46 Chapter XLVI: Shakespeare - The Man 16 min 47 Chapter LXVII: Shakespeare - "The Merchant of Venice" 31 min 48 Chapter XLVIII: Jonson - "Every Man in His Humour" 23 min 49 Chapter XLIX: Jonson - "The Sad Shepherd" 12 min 50 Chapter L: Raleigh - "The Revenge" 26 min 51 Chapter LI: Raleigh - "The History of the World" 16 min 52 Chapter LII: Bacon - New Ways of Wisdom 21 min 53 Chapter LIII: Bacon - The Happy Island 13 min 54 Chapter LIV: About Some Lyric Poets 15 min 55 Chapter LV: Herbert - The Parson Poet 18 min 56 Chapter LVI: Herrick and Marvell - Of Blossoms and Bowers 25 min 57 Chapter LVII: Milton - Sight and Growth 23 min 58 Chapter LVIII: Milton - Darkness and Death 21 min 59 Chapter LIX: Bunyan - "The Pilgrim's Progress" 28 min 60 Chapter LX: Dryden - The New Poetry 26 min 61 Chapter LXI: Defoe - The First Newspaers 16 min 62 Chapter LXII: Defoe - "Robinson Crusoe" 15 min 63 Chapter LXIII: Swift - The "Journal to Stella" 16 min 64 Chapter LXIV: Swift - "Gulliver's Travels" 16 min 65 Chapter LXV: Addison - The "Spectator" 29 min 66 Chapter LXVI: "Steele - The Soldier Author 20 min 67 Chapter LXVII: Pope - "The Rape of the Lock" 30 min 68 Chapter LXVIII: Johnson - Days of Struggle 18 min 69 Chapter LXIX: Johnson - The End of the Journey 23 min 70 Chapter LXX: Goldsmith - The Vagabond 15 min 71 Chapter LXXI: Goldsmith - "The Vicar of Wakefield" 16 min 72 Chapter LXXXII: Burns - The Plowman Poet 26 min 73 Chapter LXXIII: Cowper - "The Task" 12 min 74 Chapter LXXIV: Wordsworth - The Poet of Nature 12 min 75 Chapter LXXV: Wordsworth and Coleridge - the Lake Poets 20 min 76 Chapter LXXVI: Coleridge and Southey - Sunshine and Shadow 14 min 77 Chapter LXXVII: Scott - The Awakening of Romance 17 min 78 Chapter LXXVIII: Scott - "The Wizard of the North" 13 min 79 Chapter LXXIX: Byron - "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" 23 min 80 Chapter LXXX: Shelley - The Poet of Love 30 min 81 Chapter LXXXI: Keats - The Poet of Beauty 19 min 82 Chapter LXXXII: Carlyle - The Sage of Chelsea 27 min 83 Chapter LXXXIII: Thackeray - The Cynic? 24 min 84 Chapter LXXXIV: Dickens - Smiles and Tears 30 min 85 Chapter LXXXV: Tennyson - The Poet of Friendship 16 min
