Portable Poetry imprint: 119 books
by Jane Austen
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Some would argue that Jane Austen was Englands finest authoress and it would be hard to argue against. The characters and sweep of the lives of the landed gentry and her grip on social commentary in Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Northanger Abbey are true testament to her greatness in...
The Prose Poetry - Volume 1
“Always be a poet, even in prose.”
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Charles Pierre Baudelaire was born on April 9 1821 in Paris to an amateur artist mother and professional father. His father died when Charles was 6 but his mother remarried shortly after to Lieutenant Colonel Jacques Aupick who later became a prominent ambassador. Consequently Charles received a good...
by James Beattie
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
James Beattie was born on October 25th, 1735 at Laurencekirk in the Mearns in Scotland. In 1749 James began his studies at Marischal College, Aberdeen. In 1753, he was awarded an MA degree. He then spent several years as a schoolteacher and briefly contemplated becoming a minister. At only 25, he was,...
The Poetry of George Herbert
"Living well is the best revenge."
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
George Herbert was born on April 3rd 1593 in Montgomery, Wales to a wealthy and intellectual family. His father, an active local sheriff and member of Parliament, died when George was only three and he was left as one of ten children to a widowed mother. The family itself was much taken by the Arts....
The Victories Of Love
"To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light."
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was born on July 23rd 1823 at Woodford in Essex. Although he is still relatively unknown his stature as a Victorian Poet continues to increase. After some uneven success at writing poetry in 1846 Coventry came to the post of printed book supernumary assistant at the...
by Charles Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Dickens is a name that dominates the landscape of English novelists. His works are masterpieces and he is held everywhere in the highest regard. In his fairly short life of 58 years he accomplished an extraordinary number of classic novels, especially in light of his humble and poor beginnings. Here...
The Poetry Of Thomas Chatterton - Vol 1
"There is a time for all things - except marriage my dear."
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
Thomas Chatterton was born on November 20th, 1752 in Bristol. Somewhat lonely as a child his consuming interest was the contents of several chests of books, parchments and documents in the church at St Mary Redcliff of which his family was sexton. By the age of twelve he had written “Elinoure and...
by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on 28th August 1749 in Frankfurt, All of his siblings died at a young age except for his sister Cornelia and he was home schooled by his father and a range of tutors. He went to Leipzig to study law but preferred writing poetry. However, from these relatively unremarkable...
The Angel In The House
"The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so."
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was born on July 23rd 1823 at Woodford in Essex. Although he is still relatively unknown his stature as a Victorian Poet continues to increase. After some uneven success at writing poetry in 1846 Coventry came to the post of printed book supernumary assistant at the...
by Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Shakespeare
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
‘If music be the food of love play on.’ The evocative words of William Shakespeare not only capture the addictive quality of love but also of music. Poets have an ability with their words and phrases to provide a rhythm, an atmosphere. When this is allied to their musings on music we are captivated....
The Poetry Of Sant Tukaram
"For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad."
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
It is unclear the exact year of Sant Tukaram's birth although 1577 and 1597 have both been cited by scholars. It is clear that he was born in a small village called Dehu in Maharasthtra in India to Bolhoba and Kanakai, a lower Sudra class family and had two brothers. Despite this status the family...
by John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred Tennyson
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
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...
by Emily Jane Bronte
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
In the small village of Haworth in Yorkshire the Bronte family created novels and poems that are still admired to this day around the world. The middle of the three Bronte sisters, Emily Jane was born on 30th July 1818. The author of ‘Wuthering Heights’ she was also a very talented poet as witnessed...
The Poetry Of Jane Taylor
"Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother."
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Jane Taylor was born in London on September 23rd 1783. She and her sisters were part of a large literary family. She is of course most famous for ‘The Star’, a poem which we now all know by its first line ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’. However she was rather more accomplished than that poem...