Aurora Leigh

Aurora Leigh

'Aurora Leigh' is the foremost example of the mid-nineteenth-century poem of contemporary life. This verse-novel is a richly detailed representation of the early Victorian age. The social panorama extends from the slums of London, through the literary world, to the upper classes and a number of superb satiric portraits - an aunt with rigidly conventional notions of female education; Romney Leigh, the Christian socialist; Lord Howe, the amateur radical; Sir Blaise Delorme, the ostentatious Roman Catholic; and the unscrupulous society beauty Lady Waldemar.
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Haley Quinton@haleylquinton
3 stars
Dec 24, 2021
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3 stars
Dec 5, 2021
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4 stars
Sep 15, 2021
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3 stars
Sep 11, 2021