Featured Article: The Best Poetry Audiobooks to Listen to for National Poetry Month
It’s a common turn of phrase that poetry is meant to be heard. Tone, pauses, cadence, and vocal inflections all serve to further the emotional pull of modern and historical poetic masterpieces. In audio, poems can be heard and enjoyed just as the poet meant them to be. Taking into account not only the words themselves but the way they are spoken, our list provides a look at the power behind a poem, celebrating those works which have touched our souls.
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The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 370
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 322
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 315
Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horribly Frustrating to Follow
- By AVS on 06-18-18
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The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-05-18
- Language: English
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The Waste Land & Four Quartets
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 275
These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Help -- I can't stop listening to this
- By Louis on 05-19-10
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The Waste Land & Four Quartets
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 04-26-07
- Language: English
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Nightwood
- By: Djuna Barnes, Jeanette Winterson - preface, T. S. Eliot - introduction
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
Nightwood, Djuna Barnes's strange and sinuous tour de force novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of Europe's great cities, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The unendurable is the beginning of the curve...
- By Darwin8u on 01-18-20
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Nightwood
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 04-11-17
- Language: English
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The Best Poems of All Time, Volume 2
- By: Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Natalie Cole, D.B. Sweeney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 197
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4 out of 5 stars 115
This poetry companion puts favorite poetry and poets from around the world at your fingertips, enabling you to revisit the classics, encounter unfamiliar masterworks and rediscover old favorites...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lines of rhymes Victorian times to modern climes
- By Marius on 04-21-04
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The Best Poems of All Time, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Natalie Cole, D.B. Sweeney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-20-01
- Language: English
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The Waste Land
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Jon Waters
- Length: 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
The Waste Land is a seminal work of modernist poetry by T.S. Eliot. Written in 1922, this five-part poem is a portrait of its time, a work that expresses the disillusionment of the modernist era and the desperation that the generation of writers of that time was feeling.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very Dramatic Reading
- By Lianne Collins on 08-05-22
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The Waste Land
- Narrated by: Jon Waters
- Length: 27 mins
- Release date: 07-15-20
- Language: English
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The Waste Land
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen, Denis Daly
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
The Waste Land by T. S Eliot is narrated by Danielle Cohen and Denis Daly. Eliot's cross-cultural epic poem, first published in 1922, remains one of the most challenging poems in the English language....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Recommended T.S. Eliot Poetry
- By Sílice on 05-19-20
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The Waste Land
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen, Denis Daly
- Length: 26 mins
- Release date: 04-04-19
- Language: English
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The Hollow Men
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Immerse yourself in T.S. Eliot's thought-provoking poem as award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads "The Hollow Men"....
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4 out of 5 stars
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reading not good
- By jeff moyers on 02-28-22
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The Hollow Men
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 03-05-21
- Language: English
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The Waste Land and Other Poems
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T. S. Eliot, read by Edoardo Ballerini....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A beautiful but complex read.
- By Mariana Cg on 10-15-22
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The Waste Land and Other Poems
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 01-04-22
- Language: English
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Miranda Richardson
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
A delightful new recording of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems. Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully done!
- By Clara R. Arechiga on 10-30-15
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Narrated by: Miranda Richardson
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 10-29-15
- Language: English
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The Essential T.S. Eliot
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Vijay Seshadri, Daniel Halpern, Willem Dafoe, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
The Essential T.S. Eliot collects Eliot’s most lasting and important poetry in one career-spanning audiobook, with an introduction from Vijay Seshadri, one of our foremost poets....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Was hoping for more
- By Michael DeNobile on 09-28-21
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The Essential T.S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Vijay Seshadri, Daniel Halpern, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Trethewey, Meghan O'Rourke, Natalie Diaz, Frank Bidart, Joy Harjo, Rosanna Warren, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Tracy K. Smith, Nicole Sealey, Jorie Graham, Kevin Young, T.S. Eliot
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 04-14-20
- Language: English
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The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
College freshmen have dissected this poem for ages, but it takes an older person to understand it....
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The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 8 mins
- Release date: 01-07-20
- Language: English
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The Waste Land & Prufrock and Other Observations (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
In "The Waste Land,” T. S. Eliot’s eulogy for all that is buried after World War I, April promises a flowering....
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5 out of 5 stars
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a good collection of poetry
- By Sarah Del Moral on 01-17-20
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The Waste Land & Prufrock and Other Observations (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 11-26-19
- Language: English
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Lemn Sissay
- Length: 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story5 out of 5 stars 14
The practical cats need no introduction, but this stunning new reading by Lemn Sissay brings the poems vibrantly alive to introduce a new generation of children to Eliot's work....
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
- Narrated by: Lemn Sissay
- Length: 44 mins
- Release date: 09-26-19
- Language: English
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Poems by T. S. Eliot
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt, Denis Daly
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection of verse was first published in 1920. It contains 12 poems published in an earlier collection, Prufrock and Other Observations, in 1917, together with 12 later poems, four of which are in French. Both collections were dedicated to Jean Verdenal (1889-1915)....
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Poems by T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt, Denis Daly
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 01-25-19
- Language: English
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- By: T.S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is an analysis of a beleaguered, multilayered, and conflicted suitor, trying to reconcile his dichotomy of having a foray of overwhelming ideas juxtaposed with underwhelming execution, in the arena of life and love....
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 7 mins
- Release date: 08-23-21
- Language: English
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Four Quartets
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes
- Length: 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11
A masterly new recording by Ralph Fiennes. Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T. S. Eliot's career as a poet....
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Four Quartets
- Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes
- Length: 52 mins
- Release date: 10-29-15
- Language: English
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Prufrock and Other Observations
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Douglas Harvey
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Prufrock and Other Observations is the title of a pamphlet of 12 poems by T.S. Eliot published in 1917 by The Egoist, a small publishing firm run by Dora Marsden, an English suffragette and philosopher of language....
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Prufrock and Other Observations
- Narrated by: Douglas Harvey
- Length: 31 mins
- Release date: 08-20-20
- Language: English
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The Waste Land
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Possibly one of the most dissected poems ever, Eliot's poem loosely follows the legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King combined with vignettes of contemporary British society. Eliot employs literary and cultural allusions from the Western canon, Buddhism, and the Hindu Upanishads....
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The Waste Land
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 26 mins
- Release date: 12-26-19
- Language: English
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The Waste Land and Other Poems
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Ted Hughes
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
'The Waste Land' is a landmark in 20th-century poetry. Here it is read by the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes....
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The Waste Land and Other Poems
- Narrated by: Ted Hughes
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-03-17
- Language: English
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Murder in the Cathedral
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Robert Donat, Alan Dobie, Wolfe Morris, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral is both a fascinating retelling of the 12th-century assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket and a compelling call for resistance in the face of intimidation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great work of a Great poet
- By SUDARSHAN SINGH RAWAT on 12-16-17
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Murder in the Cathedral
- Narrated by: Robert Donat, Alan Dobie, Wolfe Morris, Patrick Wymark, Bruce Sharman
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Release date: 11-17-11
- Language: English
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