Episodes

  • Poems & Parodies-Tom Kettle

    Poems & Parodies-Tom Kettle
    9 Sep 2026
    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood. Canto III describes Harold's travels in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    43 min
  • Castled Crag of Drachenfels-George Gordon, Lord Byron

    Castled Crag of Drachenfels-George Gordon, Lord Byron
    8 Sep 2026
    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood. Canto III describes Harold's travels in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    31 min
  • From Queen's Gardens-Adelaide Anne Procter

    From Queen's Gardens-Adelaide Anne Procter
    7 Sep 2026
    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood. Canto III describes Harold's travels in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    55 min
  • Rivers to the Sea-Sara Teasdale

    Rivers to the Sea-Sara Teasdale
    6 Sep 2026
    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood. Canto III describes Harold's travels in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    1 hr and 52 min
  • House of Orchids and Other Poems-George Sterling

    House of Orchids and Other Poems-George Sterling
    5 Sep 2026
    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood. Canto III describes Harold's travels in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    1 hr and 51 min
  • Songs, Merry and Sad-John Charles McNeill

    Songs, Merry and Sad-John Charles McNeill
    4 Sep 2026
    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood. Canto III describes Harold's travels in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    1 hr and 32 min
  • Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako-Robert W. Service

    Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako-Robert W. Service
    3 Sep 2026
    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood. Canto III describes Harold's travels in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    1 hr and 23 min
  • Songs of Innocence and Experience-William Blake

    Songs of Innocence and Experience-William Blake
    2 Sep 2026
    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood. Canto III describes Harold's travels in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
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    1 hr and 22 min