Aurora Leigh; A Poem in Nine Books
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781230340609 (1230340602)
Publish date: September 12th 2013
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Pages no: 116
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Read For School,
Feminism,
19th Century,
Poetry,
Fiction
Aurora Leigh is a relatively esoteric Victorian verse novel about a woman trying to gain independence and become a writer. It's basically Jane Eyre in verse. Gets a bit tedious at about book 9, but for the most part it is a very interesting poem with some wonderful poetic moments: "Behold! The wo...