Don Juan Resources

Websites

The International Association of Byron Societies

Here's your main hub for all of the Byron lovers from around the world.

Byronmania

Leave it to Byron fans to write Byron fan fiction.

Byron at Englishhistory.net

If fan fiction isn't your thing, here's a more cut-and-dry look at Byron's life and work.

Video

"Sweet Hours" Video

Here's a great video set to an especially pretty chunk of Don Juan.

Byron Documentary

Click this link to sit back and learn all you can about the life and work of literature's original bad boy.

Michael Chance Reads Lord Byron

Here we go. A flesh-and-blood human reading the words of the immortal Byron.

Audio

Don Juan Canto I Audiobook

Eyes feeling a little tired? We understand. Four hundred pages is pretty long for a poem.

Alternate Canto I

In case that last version didn't suit you.

"Manfred" Audiobook

Getting tired of Don Juan? Well here's an audio version of another great Byron poem to give you a break.

Images

Young Byron

Technically, all his portraits are young because he died young. But this one gives you a sense of what he looked like in the peak of his womanizing days.

Byron with Interesting Hat

Here's Byron going for a more eastern look.

Byron Looking Handsome at his Desk

No wonder the ladies (and maybe the men) loved him so much.

Articles and Interviews

Mad, Bad, and Delightful to Know

Journalist Boyd Tonkin takes a look at how Byron became such a rock and roll star in his time and today.

How to Be a Monster

As you can tell from the title, not everyone has the most sympathetic view of LB.

Poet of All the Passions

This article from The Guardian argues that Byron was actually chased from England because he was gay.

Books

The Late Lord Byron

This book delves into all the stuff that came out about Lord Byron right after he died. All sorts of interesting things happened, but no one ever bothered to write much about it before this book.

Orientalism in Lord Byron's "Turkish Tales"

Ever get the feeling in Don Juan that Byron is a little racist toward Turks and Muslims? Well this book's got you covered.

Lord Byron's Life in Italy

After he fled from England because of public harassment, ol' Byron needed somewhere to go. This book will tell you all about what happened afterward…

Movies and TV

The Bad Lord Byron

This old flick from 1949 shows Byron on his deathbed wondering whether he lived a good life. That's a question that people have been asking ever since his death too.