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The Thomas Chatterton Society
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Thomas Chatterton 1752 - 1770 Poet and Writer born in Bristol England who found international fame after his early and untimely death at 17 years 277 days.
Quote from Thomas Chatterton:
"God has sent his creatures into the world with arms long enough to reach anywhere if they could be put to the trouble of extending them."
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Recitations of Chatterton
'An Excelente Balade of Charitie'
The Storm Scene
(an extract)
An Excelente Balade of Charitie - The Storm Scene
00:00Recitation: Malcolm Grieve, Actor
Broadcast: Dialect Radio, Bristol UK

Image Courtesy of British Library
'Chatterton's Holiday Afternoon' (detail)
by W. Ridgway (c. 1801)
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