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Review: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

User Review - Gregory - Goodreads

Like many literature students, I first encountered Childe Harold in a shortened version. In 2010 I read the last two cantos and I really didn't like it. I still think it is easy to get lost in the ... Read full review

Review: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

User Review - Lindsay - Goodreads

Some beautiful imagery, particularly when read aloud, but overall it was quite hard work to get through. Read full review

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User Review - Evan Simpkins - Goodreads

Some of the best descriptive passages on Rome and Greece.... Read full review

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User Review - Mollie - Goodreads

Keats>Byron but he's a dreamy, club footed man in his own rights. His Byronic hero is best exemplified in this work, and is one of his best. Read full review

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User Review - Jane - Goodreads

would be a good book to travel with (through the mentioned places). Really made me wish I were better traveled. Read full review

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User Review - CheshRCat - Goodreads

Of course this poem was good (I mean, it's Byron, he can do no wrong in my girlish eyes), but I don't know, I didn't like it as much as a lot of his later stuff. In Don Juan things HAPPEN, if you know ... Read full review

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User Review - Margaret - Goodreads

Better than Shelley, that's about the best I can say about Byron. Read full review

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User Review - Jake - Goodreads

This is my favorite work by Lord Byron. Hands down. No contest. I revisit it often to read favorite sections. Via the character of Childe Harold, and later simply as himself, Byron explores the world ... Read full review

Review: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

User Review - Goodreads

Byron has got to be one of my most favourite poets, in spite of the fact that I don't really like poetry. Rudeness, combined with talent and the glamour of his real life. What's not to like?