Listen free for 30 days
-
The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
The Poems of T. S. Eliot
Buy Now for $22.91
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Buy it with
-
Book of Longing
- Written by: Leonard Cohen
- Narrated by: Leonard Cohen
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 11
Book of Longing is a critically-acclaimed collection of poetry by the late Leonard Cohen. The audiobook features edited and remastered archival recordings of the author himself, reading the poems in a home environment. The result is a rare, personal experience from one of the western world’s most popular and innovative creative artists.
Written by: Leonard Cohen
-
At Blackwater Pond
- Mary Oliver reads Mary Oliver
- Written by: Mary Oliver
- Narrated by: Mary Oliver
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Mary Oliver has published fifteen volumes of poetry and five books of prose in the span of four decades, but she rarely performs her poetry in live readings. Now, with the arrival of At Blackwater Pond, Mary Oliver has given her audience what they've longed to hear: the poet's voice reading her own work.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I love this book
- By Anonymous User on 2021-08-13
Written by: Mary Oliver
-
Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
- Written by: David Whyte
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 10
With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the underlying currents of human life. Beginning with "Alone" and closing with "Work", each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling besieged and the desire to run away from it all.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Mind blowing poetic essays
- By Cee on 2021-03-17
Written by: David Whyte
-
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
- In Aid of the Royal Theatrical Fund
- Written by: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Dame Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Joanna Lumley, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Here is a collection of the Oscar Wilde's famous fairy tales, read by a cast of leading British actors. Additional narrators include Geoffrey Palmer O.B.E., Sir Donald Sinden, and Elaine Stritch. Music: 'Reverie De Sebastian' by Steve Davies.
Written by: Oscar Wilde
-
Brideshead Revisited
- Written by: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 74
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 62
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61
The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece - a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire. Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family, Evelyn Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures denied him by wartime austerities.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Stunning
- By Zoe on 2023-04-21
Written by: Evelyn Waugh
-
The Flame
- Poems and Selections From Notebooks
- Written by: Leonard Cohen
- Narrated by: Margaret Atwood, Rodney Crowell, John Doe, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 6
The final work from Leonard Cohen, Canada's most celebrated poet and an artist whose audience spans generations and whose work is known and loved throughout the world.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Intimately beautiful and beautifully intimate
- By Joanne D. on 2018-11-22
Written by: Leonard Cohen
-
Book of Longing
- Written by: Leonard Cohen
- Narrated by: Leonard Cohen
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 11
Book of Longing is a critically-acclaimed collection of poetry by the late Leonard Cohen. The audiobook features edited and remastered archival recordings of the author himself, reading the poems in a home environment. The result is a rare, personal experience from one of the western world’s most popular and innovative creative artists.
Written by: Leonard Cohen
-
At Blackwater Pond
- Mary Oliver reads Mary Oliver
- Written by: Mary Oliver
- Narrated by: Mary Oliver
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Mary Oliver has published fifteen volumes of poetry and five books of prose in the span of four decades, but she rarely performs her poetry in live readings. Now, with the arrival of At Blackwater Pond, Mary Oliver has given her audience what they've longed to hear: the poet's voice reading her own work.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I love this book
- By Anonymous User on 2021-08-13
Written by: Mary Oliver
-
Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
- Written by: David Whyte
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 10
With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the underlying currents of human life. Beginning with "Alone" and closing with "Work", each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling besieged and the desire to run away from it all.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Mind blowing poetic essays
- By Cee on 2021-03-17
Written by: David Whyte
-
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
- In Aid of the Royal Theatrical Fund
- Written by: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Dame Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Joanna Lumley, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Here is a collection of the Oscar Wilde's famous fairy tales, read by a cast of leading British actors. Additional narrators include Geoffrey Palmer O.B.E., Sir Donald Sinden, and Elaine Stritch. Music: 'Reverie De Sebastian' by Steve Davies.
Written by: Oscar Wilde
-
Brideshead Revisited
- Written by: Evelyn Waugh
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 74
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 62
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61
The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece - a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire. Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family, Evelyn Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures denied him by wartime austerities.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Stunning
- By Zoe on 2023-04-21
Written by: Evelyn Waugh
-
The Flame
- Poems and Selections From Notebooks
- Written by: Leonard Cohen
- Narrated by: Margaret Atwood, Rodney Crowell, John Doe, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 6
The final work from Leonard Cohen, Canada's most celebrated poet and an artist whose audience spans generations and whose work is known and loved throughout the world.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Intimately beautiful and beautifully intimate
- By Joanne D. on 2018-11-22
Written by: Leonard Cohen
-
Great Poets of the Romantic Age
- Written by: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 1
With a dynamic spirit, these great English poets made a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth. Each chose a different path, but they are united in a love of moods, impressions, scenes, stories, sights and sounds. In this collection of more than forty poems are some of the finest and most memorable works in the English language.
Written by: William Blake, and others
-
The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- Written by: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 63
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 54
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem. Inferno: Thirty-five year old Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood, in extreme personal and spiritual crisis. Hope of rescue appears in the form of the venerable poet Virgil, now a shade himself, who offers to lead Dante on an odyssey through the afterlife, beginning in the terrifying depths of Hell.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
didn't enjoy the story
- By Shelby R on 2020-11-16
Written by: Dante Alighieri, and others
-
The Poets' Corner
- The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family
- Written by: John Lithgow
- Narrated by: Morgan Freeman, Susan Sarandon, Helen Mirren, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
John Lithgow has compiled an outstanding collection of memorable poems and has gathered his famous friends to read them. The wide variety of carefully selected poetry in this audiobook provides the perfect introduction to reel in those who are new to poetry, and for poetry lovers to experience beloved verses in a fresh, vivid way. Lithgow offers insightful and sometimes poignant commentary to accompany each poem. His essential criterion is that "each poem's light shines more brightly when read aloud".
Written by: John Lithgow
-
Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Hamlet, Shakespeare's most popular, and perhaps most puzzling play, follows the form of a "revenge tragedy", in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father’s murderer, his uncle Claudius, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination, however, lies in its uncertainties. This new full-cast recording - based on the most respected edition of Shakespeare's classic - expertly produced by the Folger Theatre, is perfect for students, teachers, and the everyday listener.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Helped with school
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-01-03
Written by: William Shakespeare
-
Four Quartets
- Written by: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes
- Length: 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1
A masterly new recording by Ralph Fiennes. Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T. S. Eliot's career as a poet. While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in 20th-century poetry, its four parts, 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Gidding', present a rigorous meditation on the spiritual, philosophical and personal themes which preoccupied the author.
Written by: T. S. Eliot
-
The Crying of Lot 49
- Written by: Thomas Pynchon
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Quite unexpectedly, Mrs. Oedipa Maas finds herself the executor of the estate of Pierce Inverarity, a man she used to know in a more-or-less intimate fashion. When Oedipa heads off to Southern California to sort through Pierce's affairs, she becomes ensnared in a hilarious and puzzling worldwide conspiracy.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great Narration
- By Andrey S. on 2023-04-24
Written by: Thomas Pynchon
Publisher's Summary
Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity. Major poems range from 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' through the post-war desolation of 'The Waste Land' and the spiritual struggle of 'Ash-Wednesday', to the enduring charm of 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'.
The Spectator praised Jeremy Irons' interpretation as 'so accessible, reading Eliot as if finding his words for the first time, grappling with them, relishing them, using them to express feelings that we all share as we struggle to accept, to recognise or relinquish'. Dame Eileen Atkins also appears alongside Jeremy Irons in the reading of 'The Waste Land'.
UPDATED EDITION WITH POEM TITLES FOR EASY NAVIGATION.
What the critics say
"For such a major poet, Eliot left a fairly sparse body of work, and all his mature poems are here. And while many consider him to be a fairly austere modernist, these readings by Jeremy Irons bring out the human passion (and sometimes the intellectual passion) that lurks in the poems.... His versions are simply more human, as beautifully crafted as the poems themselves." (AudioFile)
More from the same
What listeners say about The Poems of T. S. Eliot
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2020-04-11
Wasteland should be cat-free zone
Amazing rendition of The Wasteland, but I could easily have done without the cat poems that constitute the final quarter or so of this title's runtime.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- AVS
- 2018-06-18
Horribly Frustrating to Follow
I love these poems and Jeremy Irons’ interpretation of them, but the Audible version is too frustrating to follow with no chapter titles /- at the very LEAST — identified. I’m so disappointed.
86 people found this helpful
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Virginia Scott
- 2018-07-28
Not really an audio book - it’s a radio broadcast
A repeated complaint is that the poems are not identified. It just says “chapter 1, chapter 2...). Given that there are over 70 “chapters” this is annoying. You might just want to hear Wasteland, or a particular cat poem. I wondered why. I’d also tried to find the actual boom that Jeremy Irons was reading from, and couldn’t. There is no identification. At the end of the audio the answer is clear. This isn’t from an actual book, it is a 2015 radio reading Irons did for the BBC.
Irons did a nice job (does everything sound better with a British accent?). But, the absence of chapter titles is a big deal. It will make it unlikely I will return to this audio to brush up on Eliot poetry. Also, for simply being a recording of a radio broadcast, this Audible price ($12 when I bought it) is a rip off.
66 people found this helpful
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- pinelady
- 2018-10-30
No way to listen to poetry
Jeremy Irons is a masterful interpreter of T.S. Eliot. He gets the sounds and rhythms. He gets the feeling. He plays the poems with the fine instrument of his voice and makes the meaning clear. Why do I give his overall two stars? Because there is no way to navigate among the poems. There are only chapter numbers, not poem titles. You can’t skip a poem, go to a favorite poem, find a poem you want to hear again. This is simply unforgivable. To do a collection of poems properly, the titles of the poems must be the dividers, not meaningless numbers.
60 people found this helpful
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Terlen
- 2018-05-20
Ironsis wonderful but Book is hard to Navigate
Jeremy Irons readings are wonderful. However chapters have been assigned numbers but NO TITLES: consequently a reader cannot go directly to a poem. A puzzling omission since poetry collections of this type (classics) are seldom read (listened to in this case) cover to cover. I hope this deficiency is an oversight that will be rectified. It also would have been nice to include a printable text since at times one wants to read along with Irons. These poems are available with some research but it would have been convenient to have them at hand even for a nominal charge.
34 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Natalya
- 2018-04-05
Finally!
Where does The Poems of T. S. Eliot rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This is easily one of my top 5 favorite audiobooks. I've been searching audible for the last year waiting for them to finally make this wonderful performance available.
Which scene was your favorite?
I really enjoyed Macavity the Mystery Cat. It was my first favorite poem and holds a special place in my heart.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I originally heard Jeremy Iron (and Dame Eileen Atkins) read T.S. Eliot on BBC and had tears in my eyes from their performance.
Any additional comments?
My only nick-pick is the very occasional "singing" that happens at moments. It's different than how I read the text, but not off-putting.
21 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Mary K Foster
- 2018-07-03
DEVASTATINGLY BEAUTIFUL
Both TS Eliot and Jeremy Irons are great immortal favorites of mine, and the pairing of their talents is unparalleled. Refracted through the dazzling, prismatic performance of Irons, Eliot's abstract modernist verses shine, and filled with the light of Eliot's verses, Irons is entirely illuminated, vivid and achingly lovely as a stained glass window. I cannot recommend this collection enough to those who are passionate about great poetry and enthralled by wondrous, rolling performances of marvelous verses.
7 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Paul M. Floyd
- 2018-05-27
Accessible and enjoyable....
Jeremy Irons narration is so spot on... to the tone, tenor and feel of T.S. Elliot's poetry that I re-listened to many of the poems.
Yes, it takes a bit of life experience to enjoy Elliot and yes, he writes from his time and from his insights and passions, but much of good literature and poetry takes some care and attention to digest..... still, it is so good the soul. Your life is richer for taking the time while driving in the car, in the kitchen, in the garage, out on a walk or sitting in a good chair by the fireplace. I strongly recommend this audible book. I have 200 plus audible books and this one ranks in my top 10.
7 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Daniel R.
- 2020-04-29
No poem titles in the chapters? Really?
A perfectly fine reading of incredible poems. But the BBC or Audible couldn’t be bothered to label the chapters? So you have no idea what you’re about to hear, nor can you get back to a particular poem. A little pride in craft, please.
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Raymond Kingsley
- 2019-12-07
No chapter titles
I was drawn to this edition by the allure of Iron’s voice and I was not disappointed.
However if I were to want to find one particular place in the book, one particular poem, I would be out of luck. There are no titles in the table of contents. Now that is disappointing!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Dolph Pun
- 2018-12-13
No poem titles?
If they had included the poem title in the "chapters", It would have bee n a 5 star.
5 people found this helpful