Elizabeth Barrett Browning's classic poem, read by Diana Quick.
Written in blank verse, Aurora Leigh is Browning's self-styled `novel in verse', a first-person narration of the lives of Marian Erle and the eponymous Aurora. Travelling across Florence, London, and Paris, and playing off the works of Anne Louise Germaine de Staël and George Sand, Aurora Leigh is one of the greatest poems of the nineteenth century.
The top quality of Browning's work is evident in the vivid descriptions of Florence, London, and Paris. The best of her poetic prowess is showcased in the intricate narrative of Marian Erle and Aurora Leigh.
For fans of American Renaissance Books (Walden), Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson), Stephen Greenblatt (Renaissance Self-Fashioning), Elaine Showalter (Maude by Christina Rossetti, On Sisterhoods and A Woman's Thoughts About Women By Dinah Mulock Craik), and Salman Rushdie (Languages of Truth).
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's classic poem, read by Diana Quick.
Written in blank verse, Aurora Leigh is Browning's self-styled `novel in verse', a first-person narration of the lives of Marian Erle and the eponymous Aurora. Travelling across Florence, London, and Paris, and playing off the works of Anne Louise Germaine de Staël and George Sand, Aurora Leigh is one of the greatest poems of the nineteenth century.
The top quality of Browning's work is evident in the vivid descriptions of Florence, London, and Paris. The best of her poetic prowess is showcased in the intricate narrative of Marian Erle and Aurora Leigh.
For fans of American Renaissance Books (Walden), Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson), Stephen Greenblatt (Renaissance Self-Fashioning), Elaine Showalter (Maude by Christina Rossetti, On Sisterhoods and A Woman's Thoughts About Women By Dinah Mulock Craik), and Salman Rushdie (Languages of Truth).
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940170241002 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | HarperCollins UK |
| Publication date: | 03/26/2015 |
| Edition description: | Abridged |
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