Flashback from the forties
@amadeo (111948)
United States
September 5, 2017 10:20am CST
Good morning,Just thinking a way back in Jr.High School.
After school I always went to a dept. store.
The first place was the record dept.
They had these booth that you can listen .
I was always intrigued with Edgar Allen Poe.
These were 78's.Edgar Allen Poe the Raven was the one I always listened to.
I could not afford to buy the album,but able to hear it in the booth.
Today I felt needed to hear some
I chose this one.Here is a little bit of The Raven from online.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
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! The Raven has been translated in French by several good poets, among them Charles Baudelaire and Stéphane Mallarmé.
@marguicha (216077)
• Chile
5 Sep 17
I didn´t know that Baudelaire had translated The Raven to French.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
5 Sep 17
@lnillerman yes he did.I am trying to recall will have to look this up if there was any movies on him?
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
5 Sep 17
I remember this very well Fredo..studied and read him in high school.
Glad you were able to listen in the booths back then.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
5 Sep 17
@amadeo Oh yes it must have been so much fun Fredo..there were some music listening booths when I was a child, as I recall.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
5 Sep 17
@TiarasOceanView yes I was at that time.Can you imagine every day after school I always went there.
Not for the Raven but many other classic.I loved it.
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@marguicha (216077)
• Chile
5 Sep 17
I know by heart most of The Raven. Awesome! And Annabelle Lee, also from E.A. Poe is wonderful too.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
5 Sep 17
@marguicha wow that is awesome there.What a mind you have
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@kobesbuddy (74921)
• East Tawas, Michigan
28 Sep 17
I remember this from my senior American Literature class!:)
@kobesbuddy (74921)
• East Tawas, Michigan
28 Sep 17
@amadeo Edgar Allan Poe was a very creative writer, so gifted as an author!
@carriep98 (72)
• United States
8 Sep 17
I remember back in high school, they taught us about "The Raven" for at least 3 years in a row. I was always creeped out by Edgar Allan Poe lol :D
