Don Juan, Canto 1
Chapter 1 of 7 Section 1
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14:55
- Running time
- 1 h 24 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- Peter Gallagher
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About this recording
Don Juan is a long narrative poem by Byron, based very loosely on the legend of the evil seducer, Don Juan. The first and second of (eventually) seventeen Cantos composed during Byron's self-imposed exile from England appeared, anonymously, in July 1819 and were greeted with scandal, condemnation, admiration and hilarity. Modern critics generally consider the self-proclaimed 'epic', which remained incomplete at Byron's death, to be his masterpiece. (Summary by Peter Gallagher)
