Pearl (Weston translation)

The Gawain Poet
Translated by Jessie Laidlay Weston (1850 - 1928)

Pearl is a structurally complex mediaeval poem that combines narrative, allegory, dream vision, elegy, affirmation of Christian faith and meditation on grief. This recording is of Jessie Laidlay Weston’s translation from the Middle English.

Genre(s): Poetry, Narratives

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Part I Newgatenovelist
00:05:08
Play 02 Part II Newgatenovelist
00:04:35
Play 03 Part III Newgatenovelist
00:04:42
Play 04 Part IV Newgatenovelist
00:04:43
Play 05 Part V Newgatenovelist
00:04:36
Play 06 Part VI Newgatenovelist
00:04:39
Play 07 Part VII Newgatenovelist
00:04:40
Play 08 Part VIII Newgatenovelist
00:04:36
Play 09 Part IX Newgatenovelist
00:04:38
Play 10 Part X Newgatenovelist
00:04:39
Play 11 Part XI Newgatenovelist
00:04:29
Play 12 Part XII Newgatenovelist
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Play 13 Part XIII Newgatenovelist
00:04:42
Play 14 Part XIV Newgatenovelist
00:04:38
Play 15 Part XV Newgatenovelist
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Play 16 Part XVI Newgatenovelist
00:04:27
Play 17 Part XVII Newgatenovelist
00:04:41
Play 18 Part XVIII Newgatenovelist
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Play 19 Part XIX Newgatenovelist
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Play 20 Part XX Newgatenovelist
00:05:03