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John Betjeman


Born
in London, England
August 28, 1906

Died
August 19, 1984

Website

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry


Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.89 · 2,357 ratings · 321 reviews · 230 distinct works • Similar authors
Collected Poems
4.14 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 1958 — 36 editions
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Summoned by Bells
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4.12 avg rating — 210 ratings — 21 editions
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The Best of Betjeman
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3.74 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 1978 — 15 editions
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Trains and Buttered Toast
3.63 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions
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Selected Poems
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3.84 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions
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Tennis Whites and Teacakes
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3.67 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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Betjeman's England
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3.63 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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Lovely Bits of Old England:...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions
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Best Loved Poems of John Be...
3.55 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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Church Poems
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3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions
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“Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.”
― John Betjeman
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“And marbled clouds go scudding by
The many-steepled London sky.”
― John Betjeman, Selected Poems
tags: london, poetry
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“Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow.
Swarm over, Death!”
― John Betjeman
tags: everyday-is-like-sunday
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