The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

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LibriVox recording of The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood. Read in English by emceejohnnyg; Nemo; Dru Conway; Simona Rusu; Larry Wilson; RecordingPerson; iloveyu; Jason in Panama; Kalynda; Bruce Kachuk; Craig Franklin; Lynda Marie Neilson; John N. Daily; Peter Tucker; Gloria Keawe; Leonard Wilson; davidmcl; Sonia; Patrick Wallace; antonygirgis; Sandra Schmit; Linda Olsen Fitak; Phil Schempf; RajVO This is a collection of Thomas Hood's poems. Hood was an eminent British poet, regarded in particular for his humorous poetry, as well as his weird and fantastic poems. As William Michael Rossetti writes in his biographical sketch of Hood, "A man of such a faculty and such a habit of work could scarcely, in all instances, keep himself within the bounds of good taste - a term which people are far too ready to introduce into serious discussions, for the purpose of casting disparagement upon some work which transcends the ordinary standards of appreciation, but a term nevertheless which has its important meaning and its true place. Hood is too often like a man grinning awry, or interlarding serious and beautiful discourse with a nod, a wink, or a leer, neither requisite nor conv…

Directors & creators

Thomas Hood

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;poetry; fantasy; Gothic; English; poem; humour; London; england; sonnet; hood; 1903; 2018

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