Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage made Byron famous overnight when its first two cantos appeared in 1812; the third followed in 1816 and the fourth in 1818. A disillusioned young nobleman travels through Portugal and Spain during the Peninsular War, then to Albania and Greece, and in the later cantos to the field of Waterloo, the Rhine, the Alps and Italy, from Venice to Rome. The poem is only loosely a narrative: it is a sequence of landscapes, historical meditations and outbursts of personal feeling in Spenserian stanzas, and Byron soon dropped the pretense that Harold was anyone but himself. The passages on the Battle of Waterloo, the ocean and the ruins of Rome became some of the most quoted lines in English. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the opening canto free.
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Is Childe Harold's Pilgrimage in the public domain?
Yes. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron is a public-domain work. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
How long does it take to read Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?
About 2 h 30 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
What kind of book is Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron is filed under "Poetry" in the Vinteuil library.
