Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Cantos I - II
George Gordon, Lord Byron
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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.
Cantos I & ΙΙ describes Harold's travels in Iberia and the Mediterranean. - Summary by Alan Mapstone (2 hr 14 min)
Chapters
| To Ianthe | 4:01 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Canto 1 Stanza 1-13 | 12:24 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Canto 1 Stanza 14-34 | 11:39 | Read by KevinS |
| Canto 1 Stanza 35-59 | 16:37 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
| Canto 1 Stanza 60-79 | 12:58 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
| Canto 1 Stanza 80-93 | 10:28 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
| Canto 2 Stanza 1-15 | 10:35 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Canto 2 Stanza 16-35 | 12:05 | Read by Owlivia |
| Canto 2 Stanza 36-54 | 11:43 | Read by dc |
| Canto 2 Stanza 55-72 | 13:46 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
| Canto 2 Stanza 73-98 | 18:01 | Read by Alan Mapstone |