--- product_id: 8871665 title: "Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)" price: "RM145" currency: MYR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.my/products/8871665-selected-poems-penguin-classics store_origin: MY region: Malaysia --- # Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) **Price:** RM145 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) - **How much does it cost?** RM145 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.my](https://www.desertcart.com.my/products/8871665-selected-poems-penguin-classics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) [Byron, Lord George Gordon, Wolfson, Susan J., Manning, Peter J., Wolfson, Susan J., Manning, Peter J.] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) Review: Bliss was it in that Dawn to be Alive - Byron is such a complex character. His Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is unsurpassed in describing the beauty and cultural heritage of Greece and Rome. His Turkish Tales display a sense of trans-religious humanism that, while it’s since become normative, is rare in the pre-Victorian era. Strewn throughout his works is a concern for the working poor that in many ways prefigures Dickens. His life may seem to epitomize those words of Wordsworth, “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!” Byron and his fellow Romantics could see their works’ popular appeal as heralding the destruction of the culture of the prevailing Restoration era. But I do wonder whether Byron would look back on the twentieth and early twenty first centuries and wonder whether his followers’ cultural hegemony has not disappointed. Environmental catastrophes, wars that slaughtered uncountably more men than the conflicts of petty monarchs, tyranny still reigning over much of the world. Byron can’t be blamed for all this, or any of this, but would he, Shelley and Keats really have felt the same bliss if they had known what would follow? Reading Byron returns you to a different era: when the world again seemed to be being reborn; when high culture was still consumed by mass audiences; when it seemed like freedom and light would soon dawn on humankind. Certainly, welcome reading in this pandemic clouded era. Review: Very good edition! - Byron wrote an amazing amount of poetry, even though he died young. Penguin made the correction decision to divide his works into two volumes--one for Don Juan and the other for other poems. This volume is bulky (830 pages), but manageable. It has all of Childe Harold and English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, as well as various "Eastern" tales (longer narrative poems) and lyrics. The editors are first-rate scholars--Susan Wolfson and Peter Manning. They have chosen works that were influential in the 19th century and are the subject of critical discussion today. My only reservation is that there are virtually no notes, despite the fact that Byron is packed with names of persons no longer well known and geographical places scattered around the Mediterranean. But Google and Wikipedia can fill in the gaps, and the reader is rightly nudged toward reading the poems for the interest of their characters, stories, politics, and descriptive brilliance. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #154,098 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #89 in Nature Poetry #107 in British & Irish Poetry #287 in British & Irish Literature | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (161) | | Dimensions | 5.08 x 1.54 x 7.8 inches | | Edition | Revised | | ISBN-10 | 0140424504 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0140424508 | | Item Weight | 1.32 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 864 pages | | Publication date | April 25, 2006 | | Publisher | Penguin Classics | ## Images ![Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51H7Rv8KFJL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bliss was it in that Dawn to be Alive *by A***S on September 25, 2021* Byron is such a complex character. His Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is unsurpassed in describing the beauty and cultural heritage of Greece and Rome. His Turkish Tales display a sense of trans-religious humanism that, while it’s since become normative, is rare in the pre-Victorian era. Strewn throughout his works is a concern for the working poor that in many ways prefigures Dickens. His life may seem to epitomize those words of Wordsworth, “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!” Byron and his fellow Romantics could see their works’ popular appeal as heralding the destruction of the culture of the prevailing Restoration era. But I do wonder whether Byron would look back on the twentieth and early twenty first centuries and wonder whether his followers’ cultural hegemony has not disappointed. Environmental catastrophes, wars that slaughtered uncountably more men than the conflicts of petty monarchs, tyranny still reigning over much of the world. Byron can’t be blamed for all this, or any of this, but would he, Shelley and Keats really have felt the same bliss if they had known what would follow? Reading Byron returns you to a different era: when the world again seemed to be being reborn; when high culture was still consumed by mass audiences; when it seemed like freedom and light would soon dawn on humankind. Certainly, welcome reading in this pandemic clouded era. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good edition! *by D***L on April 3, 2019* Byron wrote an amazing amount of poetry, even though he died young. Penguin made the correction decision to divide his works into two volumes--one for Don Juan and the other for other poems. This volume is bulky (830 pages), but manageable. It has all of Childe Harold and English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, as well as various "Eastern" tales (longer narrative poems) and lyrics. The editors are first-rate scholars--Susan Wolfson and Peter Manning. They have chosen works that were influential in the 19th century and are the subject of critical discussion today. My only reservation is that there are virtually no notes, despite the fact that Byron is packed with names of persons no longer well known and geographical places scattered around the Mediterranean. But Google and Wikipedia can fill in the gaps, and the reader is rightly nudged toward reading the poems for the interest of their characters, stories, politics, and descriptive brilliance. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Product :)!!! *by D***R on April 9, 2025* Excellent item, support and service :)!!! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.my/products/8871665-selected-poems-penguin-classics](https://www.desertcart.com.my/products/8871665-selected-poems-penguin-classics) --- *Product available on Desertcart Malaysia* *Store origin: MY* *Last updated: 2026-05-09*