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John Betjeman, A First Class Collection | 
 enlarge | Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £12.72
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 81000
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
ISBN: 1846070678
EAN: 9781846070679
ASIN: 1846070678
Publication Date: August 7, 2006
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The Sublime Sir John Betjeman January 3, 2007
juliet R (United Kingdom)
48 out of 48 found this review helpful
I received this 2CD pack as a Christmas gift and found it a thoroughly riveting listen.Thirty-eight tracks of golden verse by,in my opinion,the best poet of the last hundred years.In this,Sir John Betjeman's centenary year,there have been many events celebrating the life and work of this very British poet and foremost visionary of the twentieth-century.
There are five readers on this 2CD pack-Stephen Fry,Derek Jacobi,Susan Jameson,Miriam Margolyes and Samuel West,all diverse voices.
The introduction was written and is read by Andrew Motion,and although a little overlong,holds the listener's interest,describing Betjeman's place in modern literature.It's also a bit over-analysed,but is very kind and admiring in its tone.
Then we come to the poetry.My personal favourites include:"Trebetherick",
read by Sir John,"A Russell Flint",also read by him,"Late-Flowering Lust",read by Derek Jacobi(in my view,the best reader on these CDs,apart,obviously,from Sir John himself),and "Wantage Bells,"with its wonderful rich warm- toned words which send shivers down the spine.
The reason why I haven't rated this work as 5 stars is that I believe that Betjeman's unique poems are incredibly difficult to read,and Sir John himself is really the only person who can read and interpret them.
However,that said,this selection is a sumptuous treat for poetry-lovers
such as myself.My very favourite poem,sad to say,"Ireland With Emily",which I had the good fortune to hear read by Candida Betjeman,the Poet Laureate's daughter,some years ago,has been left off this compilation.
Which is a shame.But please,if you love this poet's work,treat yourself this New Year to this collection.It will warm you all the way through.
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