The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan CunninghamBy Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham
Length12h 13m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works of Robert Burns gathers the poems, songs, and correspondence of Scotland's national bard into a capacious literary archive of vernacular brilliance, radical sympathy, and lyrical invention. Moving from rustic satire and devotional parody to love song, political epigram, dramatic narrative, and intimate letter, the volume situates such enduring pieces as Tam o' Shanter, To a Mouse, and Auld Lang Syne within the full range of Burns's expressive achievement. Burns's background as a tenant farmer, exciseman, song collector, and self-fashioned man of letters gives the collection its distinctive fusion of local rootedness and Enlightenment cosmopolitanism. Allan Cunningham's editorial presence reflects the nineteenth-century effort to preserve, contextualize, and nationalize Burns's legacy within Scottish literary culture. Together, the works illuminate the ballad tradition, Scots song, sentimentalism, democratic feeling, and the Romantic-era fascination with folk voice and cultural memory. This volume is ideal for readers seeking both the celebrated Burns and the less familiar correspondent, satirist, and cultural critic. It offers a rare opportunity to encounter a multiplicity of tones and forms in one place, fostering dialogue between public song, private reflection, and poetic experiment while deepening appreciation of Scotland's literary inheritance.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (184)
Includes Goodreads
GenrePoetry, Literary Classics
Length12 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence
26ON WILLIAM SMELLIE.
2EPITAPHS, EPIGRAMS, FRAGMENTS, &c.
27WRITTEN ON A WINDOW OF THE INN AT CARRON.
3SONGS AND BALLADS.
28THE BOOK-WORMS.
4GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE.
29LINES ON STIRLING.
5LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS. (pt. 1)
30THE REPROOF.
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6LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS. (pt. 2)
31THE REPLY.
7TO
32LINES
8DUMFRIES.
33EXTEMPORE IN THE COURT OF SESSION.
9POEM ON LIFE,
34THE HENPECKED HUSBAND.
10DUMFRIES, 1796.
35WRITTEN AT INVERARY.
11ETC., ETC.
36MARTIAL’S EPIGRAMS.
12ON THE AUTHOR’S FATHER.
37ON THE HEADSTONE OF FERGUSSON.
13ON R.A., ESQ.
38ON A SCHOOLMASTER.
14ON A FRIEND.
39A GRACE BEFORE DINNER.
15FOR GAVIN HAMILTON.
40A GRACE BEFORE MEAT.
16HIC JACET WEE JOHNNY.
41ON WAT.
17INNKEEPER, MAUCHLINE.
42ON CAPTAIN FRANCIS GROSE.
18ON A WAG IN MAUCHLINE.
43IMPROMPTU,
19ON A CELEBRATED RULING ELDER.
44TO MISS AINSLIE.
20ON A NOISY POLEMIC.
45THE KIRK OF LAMINGTON.
21ON MISS JEAN SCOTT.
46THE LEAGUE AND COVENANT.
22ON A HENPECKED COUNTRY SQUIRE.
47WRITTEN ON A PANE OF GLASS,
23ON THE SAME.
48SPOKEN,
24ON THE SAME.
49LINES ON MRS. KEMBLE.
25THE HIGHLAND WELCOME.
50TO MR. SYME.
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