T.S. Eliot reading his classic "The Waste Land"

From town.hall.org: T.S. Eliot reads his classic poem "The Waste Land." Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and educated at Harvard, Eliot lived most of his life in England. In 1948 he was awarded the Nobel Prize. The Waste Land is considered to be Eliot's masterpiece, rich in symbolic, literary, and historical references as the poem explores the struggles of a soul in despair.

The poem has five sections and has been split into four sound files. Click the file format below to listen to each part.

.AU format is downloadable to your PC.

.Gsm and .Ra (Real Audio) is in streaming media.

"The Burial of the Dead".au format (3 Mb), .gsm format (0.6
Mb), .ra format (0.3 Mb),

"A Game of Chess".au format (3.2 Mb), .gsm format (0.6 Mb), .ra format (0.4 Mb).

"The Fire Sermon" and "Death By Water".au format (4.8 Mb), .gsm format (0.9 Mb), .ra format (0.6 Mb).

"What the Thunder Said".au format (3.7 Mb), .gsm format (0.7 Mb), .ra format (0.4 Mb).

And click here to listen to a 30 minute retrospective on "The Waste Land" from BBC Radio 3's "Nightwaves" program.

BBC.co.uk: The Night Waves series devoted to celebrating the great landmarks of culture.

Also check out the article that accompied his appearance on the cover of Time Magazine from March 6th, 1950 by clicking right here.

Finally check out Essential Eliot CD from Caedmon Essentials which includes a HQ track of "The Waste Land" by clicking right here.






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