'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning. Read by Julian Glover.

[soxs36]

This is amazing! Check my version out! I made a point of making sure it was dramatic haha

[madmaxonliner]

BEST.

[melissalewis4ever]

Defiantly my favorite reading of, “My Last Duchess” as well. LOL the Duke is such an arrogant self-important man. It takes a brazen man to hang a portrait of the Duchess he murdered, then to show it off to the very man he is about to negotiation, for the Count’s niece’s hand in marriage.

The touch of humor in this performance is great!

[ArchdukeOfWarsaw]

@melissalewis4ever

Well, the action takes place in the Holy Roman Empire which was always known for a complete lack of shame, in all means, especially between the nobility. Not to insult anyone but Austrian Habsburg house was a total debauchery, setting an example to the rest of the country, which Claus von Insbruck was raised up on.

[dvaughns1]

Wonderful!

[ohdrdr]

Not read, rather performed: neither dramatically nor melodramtically, but quite matter-of-factly.

Makes one fear for the next Duchess.

[ReignTracer]

amazing, it's as if he's the actual person. Best one i've seen yet

[ChristinaCroft]

Utterly brilliant interpretation :-) Thank you!

[soapmode]

Easily the best reading of this I've heard. I love the touch of humour at the end.

[Askmymotherwhy65]

Beautiful!

[journeymanwriter]

This is my favorite reading of "My Last Duchess" on YouTube so far. He uses silence as expertly as a sculptor uses space. Lovely modulation; he has a wonderful voice (granted, all British voices sound wonderful to us Yanks). At first I wasn't sure if I could believe that the possessor of this warm voice could commit such an act, but when he came to the turning point, I totally believed that this refined nobleman--too proud to "stoop"--coolly "gave commands" to dispatch the Duchess.

[darkarts59]

Superior to Olney's? Thats quite a statement, do you want to re-consider?

[rangegod98]

awesome...

[kityTL]

he is a piece or art! he pauses in the precise perfect moments! now i perfectly understand the poem!

[comedytragedybaby]

the way he reads it makes it easier to understand than if you read it on your own. I think he chooses to pause in the right place.

He gives it a much more refined tone, instead of proud which is how I'd normally read it

[colourwins]

quality stuff!

[GoyoTex]

Not the best reading of this great poem, but not bad either. It gets better as he gets into it.

[KovicTexas]

SCAROTH!!! LAST OF THE JAGAROTH!!!

[mayamaia]

No kidding. An ideal piece to recall the character.