Pearl (Weston translation)

Pearl (Weston translation)

LibriVox · Audiobook · 20 episodes

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.

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Episodes

Part I

Episode 1 · 5:08
Part II

Episode 2 · 4:35
Part III

Episode 3 · 4:42
Part IV

Episode 4 · 4:43
Part V

Episode 5 · 4:36
Part VI

Episode 6 · 4:39
Part VII

Episode 7 · 4:40
Part VIII

Episode 8 · 4:36
Part IX

Episode 9 · 4:38
Part X

Episode 10 · 4:39
Part XI

Episode 11 · 4:29
Part XII

Episode 12 · 4:29
Part XIII

Episode 13 · 4:42
Part XIV

Episode 14 · 4:38
Part XV

Episode 15 · 5:54
Part XVI

Episode 16 · 4:27
Part XVII

Episode 17 · 4:41
Part XVIII

Episode 18 · 4:52
Part XIX

Episode 19 · 4:43
Part XX

Episode 20 · 5:03