Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is dedicated to "Ianthe". 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. - Summary by Wikipedia

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Dedication Peter Tucker
00:03:04
Play 01 Canto the First Peter Tucker
00:49:50
Play 02 Canto the Second Peter Tucker
00:50:38
Play 03 Canto the Third Peter Tucker
01:00:28
Play 04 Canto the Fourth Part 1 Peter Tucker
00:48:04
Play 05 Canto the Fourth Part 2 Peter Tucker
00:44:11