# Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

By George Gordon Byron Byron, Baron.

"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" by Lord Byron is a long narrative poem published between 1812 and 1818. It follows a young man disillusioned with a life of pleasure as he travels through Europe seeking distraction in foreign lands. From Spain and Portugal to Greece, the battlefield of Waterloo, and Italy, Harold encounters natural beauty and historic sites while falling into melancholic reverie. The poem became wildly popular, establishing the archetype of the wandering Byronic hero and powerfully influencing European Romanticism across literature, music, and painting. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: English poetry; Voyages and travels -- Poetry; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Europe -- Poetry

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto III](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/18258) by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1 h 19 min, English)
- [Castled Crag of Drachenfels](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/17076) by George Gordon, Lord Byron (31 min, English)
- [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Cantos I - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/18309) by George Gordon, Lord Byron (2 h 14 min, English)
- [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/12704) by George Gordon, Lord Byron (4 h 16 min, English)
- [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto IV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7751) by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1 h 59 min, English)

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