A Childs Christmas In Wales, Dylan Thomas
A Childs Christmas In Wales, Dylan Thomas
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A Child's Christmas In Wales

Author: Dylan Thomas

Narrator: Dylan Thomas

Abridged: 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/27/2003


Synopsis

First recorded in February of 1952, this remastered recording of Dylan Thomas reading A Child’s Christmas in Wales recalls all of the sights, smells, and sounds of a long-ago Christmas.Thomas’s wonderful recollection of this holiday in the seaside town of his youth is captured in this vivid performance. Also included are five poems selected and read by Dylan Thomas, including arguably his most well-known Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.Includes:
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Fern Hill
Do Not Go Gentle Into
That Good Night
In the White Giant’s Thigh
Ballad of the
Long-Legged Bait
Ceremony After a Fire Raid

About Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas, born in 1914, began his career as a journalist in his native Swansea, Wales. He then moved to London where he worked in broadcasting and wrote film scripts, prose and drama to earn enough money to enable him to write what he most wanted to—poetry. He lived colorfully, even recklessly, until his untimely death in New York City in 1953. One of the 20th century’s most treasured writers, Dylan Thomas was a master craftsman of poetic complexity and richly obscure imagery. Thomas’s genius is made clear in this landmark recording through the everlasting gift he has given the word—his voice.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne on January 10, 2025

There’s only one way to enjoy “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” and that’s with author Dylan Thomas reciting it in his lyrical voice. Yes, this audiobook also includes five of his poems — “Fern Hill,” “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” “In the White Giant’s Thigh,” “Ballad of the Long-Legged Bai......more

Goodreads review by Moonkiszt on December 31, 2019

A recording of Dylan Thomas himself reading this book and poems ended out in my Christmas pile of reading this year, and how lucky was that???? The recording was scratchy, popped, and had odd starts and stops, like an old grandfatherly gentleman had been trapped out on the street and placed at a tab......more

Goodreads review by Ambrose on December 17, 2024

While decorating the tree, we listened to Dylan Thomas read. It was excellent. Some people do this every year. This was my first.......more