Carolina Chansons: Legends of the Low Country

About this film

LibriVox recording of Carolina Chansons, by DuBose Heyward and Hervey Allen. Read by Laurie Anne Walden. This is a collection of poems about Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry. DuBose Heyward was a Charleston native best known for his novel Porgy , which was the basis for the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess . Hervey Allen, who later wrote Anthony Adverse , met Heyward after moving to Charleston to teach. Together they founded the Poetry Society of South Carolina, which is still active today. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org M4B Audiobook (52MB)

Directors & creators

DuBose Heyward and Hervey Allen

Subjects

Poetry; South Carolina; Charleston; DuBose Heyward; Hervey Allen; literature; Librivox; audiobook

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