This is the first of a two-episode recording of “Pearl,” by an anonymous medieval poet, translated into modern English by Simon Armitage -- and read by Michael Ullyot. It covers sections 1-10 of the poem.
The text is from the Faber & Faber edition of 2016.

This is the first of a two-episode recording of “Pearl,” by an anonymous medieval poet, translated into modern English by Simon Armitage -- and read by Michael Ullyot. It covers sections 1-10 of the poem. The text is from the Faber & Faber edition of 2016.

This is the first of a two-episode recording of “Pearl,” by an anonymous medieval poet, translated into modern English by Simon Armitage -- and read by Michael Ullyot. It covers sections 1-10 of the poem.
The text is from the Faber &amp; Faber edition of 2016.&nbsp;

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