The Courtship of Miles Standish

Name: The Courtship of Miles Standish
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
ISBN: 9781937091620

Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Narrator: B.J. Harrison

Unabridged: 1 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: B.J. Harrison

Published: 11/29/2008

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Complete and unabridged, and read with meticulous care, in this story Miles Standish and John Alden both seek the hand of the fair Priscilla. See the Mayflower abandon the first settlers as it returns to England. Feel the heated vision of the Indians, perpetually keeping their watch in the dark forest. Love and adventure collide in one of Longfellow's most famous works.

About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807â€“1882) was the most popular and admired American poet of the nineteenth century. Known for his narrative historical and mythic poems, his most famous works include Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Tales of Wayside Inn. Versatile as well as prolific, Longfellow also won fame as a writer of
short ballads and lyrics, and experimented in the essay, the short
story, the novel, and the verse drama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Moonkiszt on December 09, 2020

Oh Henry! I love your words. . . Here's a romance that sets the standards for romance. Nearly two hundred years after the event of which Longfellow is writing, he captures the love story. . .or more specifically the love triangle of Priscilla Mullins, Myles Standish and John Alden, and when it is la......more

Goodreads review by John on December 06, 2024

Narrative poem depicting the romance of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, my 11th great grandparents (along with over a million other people lol), on Plymouth Plantation. Basically Miles Standish, the brutish military man, wanted Priscilla but she rejected him, and the previously friendzoned John Al......more

Goodreads review by Terri on February 20, 2023

Loved this book. Will join the other 'forever' books on my bookshelf.......more

Goodreads review by Marcus on August 14, 2010

It's a little cheesy at times:"Truly, Priscilla," he said, "when I see you spinning and spinning, Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others, Suddenly you are transformed, are visibly changed in a moment; You are no longer Priscilla, but Bertha the Beautiful Spinner."And awesome at other......more

Goodreads review by Davy on March 14, 2024

Really liked it. I have skin in the game. Like many today, there is a physical link back to John Alden and Priscilla Mullens. My Mom was a Miles no less. Out of Massachusetts. Came to North central Indiana with the first settlers. Loved Portland Maine, place of Longfellows birth. Houston was 90s in Jun......more