A Quartet of Tennyson: Enoch Arden, Guinevere, Marianna, The Kraken

Alfred Tennyson

Jun 2009 · Matrix · Narrated by Helen Elizabeth G

About this audiobook

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. He was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, a rector's son and fourth of 12 children and reportedly a descendant of King Edward III of England.

This audiobook collects together four of his finest poems including one of his most well known, 'Enoch Arden', as well as 'Guinevere', 'Marianna' and 'The Kraken'.

About the author

Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6, 1809 in Somersby, England. He attended Trinity College in Cambridge. Tennyson is chiefly known for his poetry, an art form that had interested him since the age of six. His best known work is the Idylls of the King. Tennyson was appointed Poet Laureate of England in 1850 and became the Baron of Aldworth and Farrington in 1883. Tennyson was still writing his his 80s, and died on October 6, 1892 near Haslemere, England.