Aurora Leigh Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1857

For its original theme and voice, especially, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s verse novel, Aurora Leigh, should be better known. When two fond cousins fall out, one of them, Aurora Leigh, pursues her calling of poetry with great critical success. The other, the rich and high-born Romney, attempts to improve social conditions around and about his manorial… Continue reading Aurora Leigh Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1857