Quatrains of Omar Khayyam

About this film

LibriVox recording of Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Read by Algy Pug. Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936) was an Irish scholar, author and nationalist politician. In 1889 his prose translations of 466 quatrains of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam was published by David Nutt. An abbreviated edition, containing a shorter introduction and translations of 373 quatrains, was published by David Nutt in 1898, and this has been used for the present recording. (Summary by Algy Pug) 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 (48MB)

Directors & creators

Justin Huntly McCarthy

Subjects

Poetry; Khayyam; wine; love; religion; spirit; literature; Librivox; audiobook

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