The Song Against Songs
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song Against Songs by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 16, 2011.
Chesterton was a large man, standing 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and weighing around 21 stone (130 kg; 290 lb). His girth gave rise to a famous anecdote. During World War I a lady in London asked why he was not 'out at the Front'; he replied, 'If you go round to the side, you will see that I am.' On another occasion he remarked to his friend George Bernard Shaw: "To look at you, anyone would think a famine had struck England". Shaw retorted, "To look at you, anyone would think you have caused it". P. G. Wodehouse once described a very loud crash as "a sound like Chesterton falling onto a sheet of tin."( Summary from Wikipedia )
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | The Song Against Songs - Read by BG | Bob Gonzalez |
00:01:45 |
| Play 02 | The Song Against Songs - Read by GHS | Algy Pug |
00:01:52 |
| Play 03 | The Song Against Songs - Read by KGB | Kalynda |
00:01:36 |
| Play 04 | The Song Against Songs - Read by LAH | Lee Ann Howlett |
00:01:38 |
| Play 05 | The Song Against Songs - Read by LLW | Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) |
00:02:01 |
| Play 06 | The Song Against Songs - Read by MG | Martin Geeson |
00:02:21 |
| Play 07 | The Song Against Songs - Read by REF | Rhonda Federman |
00:01:50 |
| Play 08 | The Song Against Songs - Read by RG | Ruth Golding |
00:01:57 |
| Play 09 | The Song Against Songs - Read by RN | ravenotation |
00:02:19 |