Enoch Arden, Lord Alfred Tennyson
Enoch Arden, Lord Alfred Tennyson
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Enoch Arden

Author: Lord Alfred Tennyson

Narrator: Denis Daly

Unabridged: 1 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/03/2021


Synopsis

Enoch Arden

By Alfred Lord Tennyson

Narrated by Denis Daly

Enoch Arden is a long narrative poem which is built on a theme which has been widely explored in literature and on film. A man is separated from his family due to shipwreck, and marooned on an island. After several years of absence from his home it is assumed that he has died, and his wife remarries and starts a new family. After ten years the man finally makes his way home and has to deal with the trauma of discovering his wife and family happily established in a new relationship.

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Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on February 04, 2013

From the audio version performed by Jeremy Buxton. Very odd ending after much melodrama, and I should perhaps read this in print form to see if the ending strikes me in a different manner. Overall, an antithesis to The Odyssey, wherein Tennyson's analogue for Penelope falls at the last hurdle, misre......more

Goodreads review by Anna on November 29, 2024

On that one girl; Enoch spoke his love But Phillip loved in silence Bearing a lifelong hunger in his heart. — Tennyson......more

Goodreads review by Laurel on May 31, 2012

Lovely story, beautifully told.......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on June 02, 2020

A beautiful and tragic tale of love and the sea. It is one I will not soon forget. It’s a great piece of poetry.......more

Goodreads review by Elysia on February 28, 2020

Just a beautiful poem about three young children who grow up. Very fast and eloquent read, takes all of 30 minutes but the enjoyment lasts much longer.......more