A Ruined Reversolet

C. J. Dennis (1876 - 1938)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Ruined Reversolet by C. J. Dennis. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 28, 2012.

Clarence James Dennis was an Australian poet and journalist. In his varied career, he worked as a barman, shearer, solicitor's clerk, newspaper proprietor and (as do many Australians) a civil servant, before settling down in a rural retreat at Toolangi, in the Dandenong Ranges, east of Melbourne.

His most famous work is "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", a verse novel written in an Australian vernacular and first published in 1915. Despite its artless presentation, Dennis' verse is constructed with great skill, and attracted enthusiastic reviews from such august critics as H.G. Wells. E.V. Lucas and Sir John Betjeman.

Dennis' significance as a literary figure has been recognized by the establishment of C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, which is awarded annually as part of the Premier's Literary Awards for the state of Victoria.

Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by AG April Gonzales
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Play 02 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by ALP Algy Pug
00:00:42
Play 03 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by BJS Bev J Stevens
00:00:48
Play 04 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by CAM Cynthia Moyer
00:00:49
Play 05 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by DL David Lawrence
00:00:34
Play 06 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by EL Elijah Lucian
00:00:36
Play 07 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by GC Snapdragon
00:00:33
Play 08 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by JCM Janette Brown
00:00:36
Play 09 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by JDB Jason Mills
00:00:33
Play 10 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by LLW Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
00:00:41
Play 11 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by MC mlcui
00:00:38
Play 12 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by PJW Patrick Wallace
00:00:36
Play 13 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by RG Ruth Golding
00:00:41
Play 14 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by RN ravenotation
00:00:45
Play 15 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by TJMM Tim Makarios
00:00:36
Play 16 A Ruined Reversolet - Read by TS rookieblue
00:00:38