Classic Favourite Poems

by Charles Osborne (Editor)

A classic collection of well-loved poems, now brought together in one comprehensive paperback edition. This classic anthology, which was first published nearly twenty years ago, and has sold consistently well, is now available for the first time in paperback. There are nearly one hundred and fifty poems featured in the collection, written by some of the world’s most prominent and well-loved poets. These include Philip Larkin, William Blake, John Keats, W.H. Auden, Lord Tennyson, T.S. Eliot, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, John Betjeman, Robert Browning and many, many more.

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Charles Thomas Osborne was a journalist, theatre and opera critic, poet and novelist. He was assistant editor of The London Magazine from 1958 until 1966, literature director of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1971 until 1986, and chief theatre critic of Daily Telegraph (London) from 1986 to 1991. He is the only author the Agatha Christie Estate has ever allowed to produce adapted works in her name. (wikipedia)

Reviews

[Kirsty McCracken · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection containing almost every poem I've read and loved over my 23 years - from primary school speech and drama pieces to GCSE English lit class selections to my favourite Wilde I discovered last week!!!