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Dark Month

Public domain audiobook

Dark Month

by Algernon Charles Swinburne

English· 00:50:38· 31 chapters
This is a sequence of poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne. The poems were written in 1881, during the one month in which his seven year old neighbor, Herbert (Bertie) Mason was away.Swinburne describes in 31 poems his feelings at the loss of his young companion, resulting in haunting images of loneliness and grief. - Summary by Carolin

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    I

    02:27
  2. Chapter 2

    II

    01:04
  3. Chapter 3

    III

    02:14
  4. Chapter 4

    IV

    01:45
  5. Chapter 5

    V

    01:07
  6. Chapter 6

    VI

    01:23
  7. Chapter 7

    VII

    01:26
  8. Chapter 8

    VIII

    01:15
  9. Chapter 9

    IX

    01:25
  10. Chapter 10

    X

    02:15
  11. Chapter 11

    XI

    01:33
  12. Chapter 12

    XII

    01:14
  13. Chapter 13

    XIII

    02:42
  14. Chapter 14

    XIV

    01:30
  15. Chapter 15

    XV

    01:28
  16. Chapter 16

    XVI

    01:01
  17. Chapter 17

    XVII

    01:23
  18. Chapter 18

    XVIII

    01:42
  19. Chapter 19

    XIX

    02:50
  20. Chapter 20

    XX

    01:42
  21. Chapter 21

    XXI

    01:23
  22. Chapter 22

    XXII

    01:05
  23. Chapter 23

    XXIII

    01:28
  24. Chapter 24

    XXIV

    01:33
  25. Chapter 25

    XXV

    01:04
  26. Chapter 26

    XXVI

    02:53
  27. Chapter 27

    XXVII

    01:12
  28. Chapter 28

    XXVIII

    01:21
  29. Chapter 29

    XXIX

    00:49
  30. Chapter 30

    XXX

    01:26
  31. Chapter 31

    XXXI

    02:58