Collection
Status
Available
Description
A novel in blank verse by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, published in 1857. 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. Initially resisting a marriage proposal by the philanthropist Romney Leigh, Aurora later surrenders her independence and weds her faithful suitor, whose own idealism has also since been tempered by experience. Aurora's career, Romney's social theories, and a melodramatic subplot concerni
Publication
Oxford University Press (2008), Edition: Reissue, 416 pages
ISBN
0199552339 / 9780199552337
Pages
416
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1856
1860