Between the Desire and the Dream

Selected Poems by T. S. Eliot

By: T. S. Eliot

Narrated by: Dennis Regan, Michelle Dumelle, Stephen O'Connor

Noble Prize winner T. S. Eliot wrote some of the best-known, most widely discussed poetry of the past 100 years. He was a daring and uncompromising innovator. With dramatic, original music, and expressive interpretation, this recording dramatizes why his works continue to influence literature - and touch contemporary listeners.

Included are "The Love Son of J. Alfred Prufrock", "The Hollow Men", "Preludes", and "Portrait of a Lady".

©2007 Geoffrey T. Williams (P)2007 Geoffrey T. Williams

Words exquisite RUINED by music

T.S. Eliots words are exsquisit as always. I've read them many times.

I was very disappointed in this audio version, however. The background music is LOUD and overpowering. At times I could not make out the words AT ALL for the overpowering background music. In addition, there are times when the narrator uses a really annoying, unnecessary hallow echo effect as if speaking into a metal tube. It is distracting, strange and not needed. Really. Just Elliot's words are enough. Just read his words, please. No cheesy, silly, over powering music or special effects are necessary.

Do you like elevator music? If so, this is for you

Any additional comments?

1 hour and 2 minutes containing 4 poems interspersed with too-long intervals of really boring music and ending with an unbroken, 30 minute section, of elevator music.

Disaster

Great rendition with exception of the musical background. It's too loud and goes on for an extensive 25 additional minutes. Waste of money despite the book being a cheap purchase. I'm very dissatisfied. Awful. I do wish audible would do a better job of screening its collection.

Dreadful, Overbearing Production Required Refund

Whoever thought playing loud, discordant music that drowns out the sound of the reading of TS Eliot's "Hollow Men" was a good idea is an IDIOT. The poetry, of course, is the reason you download this - and you can't even HEAR it over the discordant cacophony of "music." And - uh - poetry has its own meter, so overlaying other soundtracks over it makes it pretty difficult to absorb the original work. I exercised Audible's refund option.

I LIKE IT !!!

If you could sum up Between the Desire and the Dream in three words, what would they be?

Words, music, images.

What other book might you compare Between the Desire and the Dream to and why?

Franz Kafka's Trial

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

Clarity, emphasis, rhythm.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Yes: "This is the way the world ends..."

Any additional comments?

I respectfully disagree with some of the other reviewers: 1) this is not elevator music, 2) the music does enhance the words.