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The Soldier

by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Soldier by Rupert Brooke. This poem was written, as the concluding part of a series of sonnets, on the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Brooke, himself, died the following year on his way to a battle at Gallipoli.

This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 8th, 2009.

• Gutenberg e-text
• Wikipedia – Rupert Brooke
• Wikipedia – The Soldier
• LibriVox’s The Soldier Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book (12 MB)
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Total running time: 0:26:07
In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ruth Golding

mp3 and ogg files

• The Soldier – Read by ADD – 00:01:18
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Alan Davis Drake
• The Soldier – Read by ATG – 00:01:29
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.9MB]
  Read by: Antoinette T. Griffin
• The Soldier – Read by BS – 00:01:25
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.9MB]
  Read by: Bob Sherman
• The Soldier – Read by CCS – 00:01:45
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.09MB]
  Read by: Christian Storms
• The Soldier – Read by CJMB – 00:01:17
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: icyjumbo
• The Soldier – Read by CS – 00:01:13
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Cori Samuel
• The Soldier – Read by DII – 00:01:18
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Diana Majlinger
• The Soldier – Read by DL – 00:01:15
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: David Lawrence
• The Soldier – Read by DRB – 00:01:25
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.0MB]
  Read by: David Barnes
• The Soldier – Read by EEP – 00:01:18
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Ernst Pattynama
• The Soldier – Read by EST – 00:00:58
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 0.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.6MB]
  Read by: Elli
• The Soldier – Read by KTH – 00:01:10
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.7MB]
  Read by: Katharine
• The Soldier – Read by KTS – 00:01:15
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Kim Stich
• The Soldier – Read by LAH – 00:01:21
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• The Soldier – Read by LKP – 00:01:03
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.7MB]
  Read by: Lucy Perry
• The Soldier – Read by PG – 00:01:33
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.0MB]
  Read by: Phil Griffiths
• The Soldier – Read by PY – 00:01:12
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Peter Yearsley
• The Soldier – Read by RG – 00:01:28
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: Ruth Golding
• The Soldier – Read by RN – 00:01:20
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by: ravenotation
• The Soldier – Read by TG – 00:01:04
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.7MB]
  Read by: Tricia G

Cataloged on November 15, 2009