Aurora Leigh
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1857
Chapman and Hall
Second Edition
8vo
Description:
Second Edition. 1857. Browning's poem follows the protagonist Aurora from her lonely childhood in Italy through her migration to England as she rejects a traditional marriage proposal to pursue an independent career as a professional poet chronicling the intellectual awakening of an ambitious Victorian woman.
Condition:
Good or fair Condition. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Contents are lightly spotted. Previous owner inscription to front end paper dated 1857. Rear hinge is detached exposing text block. Boards are clean with fraying to spine ends and shelf-wear to bottom edge.
Aurora Leigh
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1857
Chapman and Hall
Second Edition
8vo
Description:
Second Edition. 1857. Browning's poem follows the protagonist Aurora from her lonely childhood in Italy through her migration to England as she rejects a traditional marriage proposal to pursue an independent career as a professional poet chronicling the intellectual awakening of an ambitious Victorian woman.
Condition:
Good or fair Condition. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Contents are lightly spotted. Previous owner inscription to front end paper dated 1857. Rear hinge is detached exposing text block. Boards are clean with fraying to spine ends and shelf-wear to bottom edge.
