The Gawain Poet

Pearl (Weston translation) by The Gawain Poet

Pearl is a structurally complex mediaeval poem that combines narrative, allegory, dream vision, elegy, affirmation of Christian faith and meditation on grief. This recording is of Jessie Laidlay Weston’s translation from the Middle English.

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Pearl (Weston translation) by The Gawain Poet

Part XX

Part XIX

Part XVIII

Part XVII

Part XVI

Part XV

Part XIV

Part XIII

Part XII

Part XI

Pearl (Weston translation) by The Gawain Poet

Episodes

Part XX

Part XIX

Part XVIII

Part XVII

Part XVI

Part XV

Part XIV

Part XIII

Part XII

Part XI