AURORA LEIGH
by BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett
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About This Item
NY: C.C. Francis & Co, 1857. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 366. Cover somewhat worn, some pencil marking in the last part of the text, little water stain to the front blank, moderate external wear, a very good copy. A novel in blank verse. Browning's defense of women's mental abilities and independence.
Synopsis
Aurora Leigh is an eponymous epic novel/poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poem is written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman's number, the number of the prophetic books of the Sibyl). It is a first person narration, from the point of view of Aurora; its other heroine, Marian Erle, is an abused self-taught child of itinerant parents. The poem is set in Florence, Malvern, London, and Paris.
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30192
- Title
- AURORA LEIGH
- Author
- BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edn
- Publisher
- C.C. Francis & Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1857
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