Aurora Leigh (Oxford World's Classics)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780199552337 (0199552339)
ASIN: 0199552339
Publish date: 2008-07-10
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Pages no: 416
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...