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Classic Love Poems

By: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
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About this listen

Audie Award Finalist, Best Male Narrator, 2016

For anyone who's in love - or hopes to be - what greater celebration could there be than to hear the world's greatest love poetry read lovingly by Richard Armitage? With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day.

Included in this collection are:

  • "How do I love thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare
  • "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
  • "To Be One with Each Other" by George Eliot
  • "Maud" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  • "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
  • "Bright Star" by John Keats
  • "Love's Philosophy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
  • "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning
  • "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
  • "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron
  • "Give All to Love" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

About the Performer

Richard Armitage is known to movie audiences around the world as "Thorin Oakenshield" in the trilogy of films based on The Hobbit. Born in Leicester, England, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Armitage has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and created memorable roles on Robin Hood, North & South, and other British TV series.

Public Domain (P)2015 Audible Inc.
Classics Celebration England Heartfelt Shakespeare Classic Poetry

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Mr Armitage brings these different poems to life. It is a pleasure to listen to such a lovely voice.

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Lovely

Beautiful poems beautifully read. It was short but very much enjoyed. I will listen often.

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the perfect narrator!

beautifully read and a great performance of some of the best poems out there

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Beautiful words given life in the most wonderful way.

I would recommend this book to anybody wanting to hear some of love’s greatest poems given life and told in the most beautiful way.

I picked it mostly because I am studying Shakespeare, Tennyson and the Brownings at the moment and wanted to hear the poems out loud. Richard reads them very well and with great attention too.

5 stars all the way!

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wonderful

How beautiful poems! Richards Armitage's voice transcends and melts you.Its love by its own right.
Loved it

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Lovely poems but wish there were more

I had not heard some of these poems since my 'A Level English' days. Brought back good memories, especially the passage from Corrinthians which was read at our wedding . The narration by Richard Armitage is as always flawless,such clear diction and a voice like dark rich chocolate,I have listened to lots of his work and his characterisation is superb.

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Lovely

What did you like most about FREE: Classic Love Poems?

A quick romantic fix and the line "(love) It doesn't keep track of wrongs"

What does Richard Armitage bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

He has a soothing calming voice that is easy to listen to, really made it a 5 star listing

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Just a lovely collection of lovely poems that will put you in the right mood

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Perfect voice for love poems

Although I love poetry and have many books it comes to life when narrated as well as this. So pleased my very favourite poem Annabel Lee was included. Would love Mr Armitage to narrate more from Edgar Allan Poe. First class.

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heavenly

heaven is Richard armitage reading these beautiful classic love poems lovely poems still of interest

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Beautiful

Beautiful selection of poems read in such a way as to capture your heart. Thank you!

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