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Selected Poems First Edition, Kindle Edition

by T. S. Eliot (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Chosen by Eliot himself, the poems in this volume represent the poet’s most important work before Four Quartets. Included here is some of the most celebrated verse in modern literature—“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” “Gerontion,” “The Waste Land,” “The Hollow Men,” and “Ash Wednesday”—as well as many other fine selections from Eliot’s early work.
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    978-0156806473
  2. Edition
    First
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publisher
    Ecco
  5. Publication date
    March 4, 2014
  6. Language
    English
  7. File size
    478 KB
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Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He came to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00IWTRB30
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ecco; First edition (March 4, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 4, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 478 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 130 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0156806479
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 290 ratings

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    Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, and became a British subject in 1927. The acclaimed poet of The Waste Land, Four Quartets, and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, among numerous other poems, prose, and works of drama, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. T.S. Eliot died in 1965 in London, England, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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Xray62
5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasure to read
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2024
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I have heard of author most of my life but thus is the first book of his that I have finished.
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Branson
5.0 out of 5 stars Love, Love, Love this Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2012
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Nice to go back a few years and visit great poetry. For any of you that would like to visit T.S. Eliot again, or those whom wish to acquaint yourselves, this book is for you.
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Lyndon T Froud
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, If Not Always Easy
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2017
I’ll admit that this collection of poems by T.S. Eliot may be difficult to read at times. Eliot’s poetry is chock full of historical references not often familiar to an average reader and a verbose vocabulary that had me referencing the Merriam-Webster site multiple times per poem. However, between reaching for the dictionary and the history textbook, the reader will find in Eliot’s work many perfectly comprehensible gems of imagery. Lines such as “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons,” “She has a bowl of lilacs in her room / And twists one in her finger while she talks,”and “Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, / Had a bad cold, nevertheless / Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe” all use detail and careful word choice to create undeniable atmosphere in the poems. When reading, one is transported to the rainy and chilly streets of London, yellow-tinged smog in the air, or out into the dry desert wasteland. I would not recommend this book for beach-reading, but if you are looking for examples of how to create an excellent image, this is a good place to start.
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CJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2013
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Great introduction to Eliot's poetry with notes that help to grasp a better understanding of the complexity within his works. If you're going to buy a "first Eliot book", this should be it.
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RB
5.0 out of 5 stars Selected Poems by T. S.Eliot
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2014
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I will have to ask my granddaughter how she enjoyed reading these poems so it is hard for me to know if she loved it I certainly did...RB
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Clayton
5.0 out of 5 stars T.s. Elliot
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2018
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Fantastic read. It was absolutely worth the money!
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Marie Wijkander
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible poetry
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2012
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A classic that never fails me. The language and the imagery are unsurpassed; the book used to live in my handbag, now it lives in my Kindle in my handbag.
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W. B.
2.0 out of 5 stars Selected Poems of T.S. Eliot
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2012
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This volume is very thin and poorly printed for the price. There are much better alternatives such as the one by Modern Libraries and the Barnes and Noble Classics edition. They are similarly priced or cheaper, and the print quality is much better.
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Pratyush Banerjee
1.0 out of 5 stars wrongly done
Reviewed in India on May 17, 2023
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a gross misunderstanding, thought it would be the poems of t s eliot but as it stand out as a badly written notebook.
utterly confiused and frustrated by this experience
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Invisiblediva
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful poems
Reviewed in Canada on June 17, 2017
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If you love TS Eliot you will love this little book of poems, i read it to the 4 year old and she enjoys the quirkiness.
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Ignacio
3.0 out of 5 stars Un regalo
Reviewed in Spain on January 2, 2018
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Poco se puede decir de T.S.Eliot. En cuanto a la edición, cuidada y bonita. Compraré alguno mas de la colección.
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CMC
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in Japan on October 22, 2021
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It’s good in my book lack. And it is good poem so I love it.
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John Erken
5.0 out of 5 stars Présentation soignée. Choix judicieux.
Reviewed in France on May 26, 2015
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T.S. Eliot est un poète difficile, même pour les anglophones. Je ne le recommanderais pas à quelqu'un qui n'a pas une bonne connaissance de l'anglais et qui ne serait pas sensible à la poésie. Le choix des oeuvres me paraît judicieux. Une petite introduction eût été bienvenue.
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