Aurora Leigh and Other Poems

Aurora Leigh and Other Poems is a collection of poems written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a prominent 19th-century English poet. The collection includes the epic poem Aurora Leigh, which tells the story of a young woman's journey as a writer and her struggles to balance her artistic aspirations with her personal relationships. The other poems in the collection cover a range of themes, including love, politics, and social justice. Browning's writing is known for its emotional intensity and sophisticated use of language, and this collection is no exception. Aurora Leigh and Other Poems is considered a classic of Victorian literature and continues to be widely read and studied today.1892. An English poet of the Romantic Movement, Aurora Leigh is Browning's novel in blank verse. The first-person narrative, which comprises some 11,000 lines, tells of the heroine's childhood and youth in Italy and England, her self-education in her father's hidden library, and her successful pursuit of a literary career. This volume also contains A Drama of Exile; The Seraphim and Prometheus Bound. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.