Goblin Market (Little Black Classics #53)
'She kissed and kissed her with a hungry mouth' A selection of Rossetti's most famous poems, from the hallucinatory 'Goblin Market' to 'In the bleak mid-winter' Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of...
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'She kissed and kissed her with a hungry mouth' A selection of Rossetti's most famous poems, from the hallucinatory 'Goblin Market' to 'In the bleak mid-winter' Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780141397665 (0141397667)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Fairy Tales,
19th Century,
Poetry,
Horror,
Gothic,
Fiction
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