Aurora Leigh.
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
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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
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106874
- Title
- Aurora Leigh.
- Author
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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