Aurora Leigh. - Softcover

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1241155321 ISBN 13: 9781241155322

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011

Synopsis

Title: Aurora Leigh.

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.

The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse.

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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett;
1857 [1856].
403 p. ; 8º.
11649.d.1.

About this title

From the Back Cover

When 'Aurora Leigh' was first published in 1856, mature matrons claimed to have been corrupted by it, and impressionable young ladies were forbidden to read it. More than a century later Elizabeth Barrett Browning's vigorous and impassioned verse-novel has lost none of its vitality. At the heart of the story is Aurora Leigh herself, an aspiring poet of independent spirit, rebelling against the stifling constraints of Victorian middle-class society and struggling for self-expression; but through Aurora's relationship with both her cousin Romney Leigh, a naive social reformer, and Marian Erle, a woman of the social underclass, despised and abused, the tale exposes the hypocrisy and repressive social attitudes of Victorian England.

About the Author

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime.

About this edition

• Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1241155321
• ISBN 13: 9781241155322
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 422