Aurora Leigh: A Poem.

BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett .

Item Number: 111027

London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1899.

Rare pocket edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s epic poem Aurora Leigh. Small octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles to the front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece of the author, botanical engraved border to the title page. In near fine condition.

Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's prolific output between 1841 and 1844 made her a rival to Tennyson as a candidate for poet laureate upon the death of William Wordsworth. Her work had a major influence on prominent writers of the day, including the American poets Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. Encompassing nine books written in blank verse, her epic poem Aurora Leigh is widely considered one of the greatest long poems of the nineteenth century.