Tag: John Betjeman

John Betjeman – Summoned By Bells | Review

Title: Summoned By Bells

Author: John Betjeman

Type: Poetry

Page Count/Review Word Count: 113

Rating: 3*/5

 

John Betjeman - Summoned By Bells

John Betjeman – Summoned By Bells

 

This book is interesting because it’s a sort of weird mix between poetry and non-fiction. In Summoned By Bells, Betjeman effectively tells the story of his life in a sort of weird mixture of rhyming and non-rhyming verse, with plenty of insightful commentary on the events that shaped his career.

I don’t know much about him, but I grabbed this book from the charity shop bins outside where I work and then discovered that it’s a first edition. It’s a beautiful book and I’m proud to own it; not for everyone, though.

 

John Betjeman

John Betjeman

 

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John Betjeman – Pocket Poets | Review

Title: Pocket Poets

Author: John Betjeman

Type: Poetry

Page Count/Review Word Count: 48

Rating: 7/10

 

John Betjeman - Pocket Poems

John Betjeman – Pocket Poems

 

John Betjeman is a man of talent, a British poet who blends the traditional with a voice that was contemporary at the start of the 20th century. Worth reading!

 

John Betjeman

John Betjeman

 

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