The Waste Land by T S Eliot - the complete poem read aloud.

The Waste Land by T S Eliot here narrated by Tony Walker of The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast. This ground-breaking modernist poem brought Eliot fame. The Waste Land is a complex existentialist poem based in part on the myth of the Fisher King and Arthurian legend. The Waste Land by T S Eliot is the poem that brought him fame. It is an existential meandering in which the smart-boy quotes in Latin, Greek, Italian, French, German and Sanskrit. Who knows what it means, but it sounds nice and parts even make me shiver. 00:30 1 The Burial of the Dead 04:57 2 A Game of Chess 09:46 3 The Fire Sermon 17:05 4 Death by Water 17:44 5 What the Thunder Said 23:20 End