To The Moon


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(3.8 stars; 2 reviews)

Giacomo Leopardi is a great name in Italy among philosophers and poets, but is quite unknown in this country, and Mr. Townsend has the honor of introducing him, in the most captivating way, to his countrymen. In Germany and France he has excited attention. Translations have been made of his works; essays have been written on his ideas. But in England his name is all but unheard of. Six or seven years ago Mr. Charles Edwards published a translation of the essays and dialogues, but no version of the poems has appeared, so far as I know. Leopardi was substantially a poet,—that is to say, he had imagination, sentiment, passion, an intense love of beauty, a powerful impulse towards things ideal. (O. B. Frothingham, from the Preface of The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi) (0 hr 20 min)

Chapitres

To The Moon - Read by ALP 1:23 Lu par Algy Pug
To The Moon - Read by BK 1:31 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
To The Moon - Read by DL 1:17 Lu par David Lawrence
To The Moon - Read by DW 1:20 Lu par Don Will
To The Moon - Read by ED 1:25 Lu par Eva Davis (d. 2025)
To The Moon - Read by EL 1:37 Lu par Newgatenovelist
To The Moon - Read by GB 1:29 Lu par Garth Burton
To The Moon - Read by GG 1:35 Lu par Greg Giordano
To The Moon - Read by JH 1:30 Lu par Jude
To The Moon - Read by LLW 1:32 Lu par Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
To The Moon - Read by NR 1:27 Lu par Nemo
To The Moon - Read by PS 1:09 Lu par Phil Schempf
To The Moon - Read by TP 1:24 Lu par Tomas Peter
To The Moon - Read by VB 1:27 Lu par tovarisch

Critiques


(2.5 stars)

Many people read he same poem. Some readers are better than others.