George Byron: 48 books

«Ho da molto tempo il desiderio, nato non so dire quando, di visitare le isole di Corsica e Sardegna. Ho anche un dovere pressante da compiere recandomi lì quest’estate; devo mantenere una promessa fatta in punto di morte e preferirei perdere la vita piuttosto che non mantenerla. Chiunque tra...

Byron is regarded as one of the greatest British poets, and remains widely read and influential. He travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy where he lived for seven years. Later in life, Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire, for which many Greeks...

Feelings come alive through the words of the Romantic poets. Romanticism gained traction in the late 1700s as writers moved away from the intellectualism of the Enlightenment and toward more emotional and natural themes. The major works of the movement’s six most famous poets—William Wordsworth,...

Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Robert Browning - Meeting At Night 8. E.Dickinson...

Oh, thou, in Hellas deemed of heavenly birth, Muse, formed or fabled at the minstrel's will! Since shamed full oft by later lyres on earth, Mine dares not call thee from thy sacred hill: Yet there I've wandered by thy vaunted rill; Yes! sighed o'er Delphi's long-deserted shrine Where, save that feeble...

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage was the poem which brought Lord Byron public recognition. He himself disliked the poem, because he felt it revealed too much of himself. In it a young man (called childe after the medieval term for a candidate for knighthood) travels to distant lands to relieve the boredom...

Un moto sussultorio accompagna il transito terreno di Byron: una furiosa galoppata che possiamo ripercorrere attraverso questi Diari, unici scampati al rogo delle sue memorie. Sono sei documenti di epoche cruciali: un diario londinese, all'apice del successo mondano e letterario; il diario di un viaggio...

Im kalten Sommer des Jahres 1816 mit seinen endlosen Regenfällen und schauderhaften Gewittern betraten gleich zwei „Gespenster“ die Bühne der Literatur, die aus den Medien mittlerweile nicht mehr wegzudenken sind: der künstliche Mensch des Dr. Frankenstein und der blutsaugende Vampir. Letzterer...

Byron's free-spirited lifestyle combined with his rare poetic gift to make him one of the foremost figures of the Romantic Era. This collection of his poems, richly varied in mood and content, captures the essence of his great achievement. Among the thirty-one poems included are convivial song-like...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at each calendar month through the eyes and minds of our most...

An English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among Byron's best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric She Walks in Beauty. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential. Contents Fugitive...

Mit dieser Auswahl der interessantesten und amüsantesten Briefe und Tagebücher Lord Byrons eröffnet der Byron-Forscher Leslie A. Marchand dem Leser den Zugang zu einem außerordentlich reizvollen Bereich von Byrons Autorschaft – und gibt ihm Gelegenheit, diese berühmteste Gestalt der englischen...

These are erotic tales written as Byron Georges travel experiences whilst living in Pattaya, Thailand, and the happenings in his local bar with the girls who call themselves his family. Byrons search for no-strings relationships leads to a downward spiral into sexual addiction until he sees sense...

Love, Lust or just a fool, Byron falls for a Chinese Bar Girl this book details all the emotions of the love of his life as it nearly destroys him.