Published in 2012 (first published 1862)
1,949 pages
Christina Georgina Rossetti, one of the most important women poets writing in nineteenth-century England, was born in London December 5, 1830.
What is this book about?
Famous for the long poem Goblin Market and the classic love poem Remember, Christina Rossetti created a variety of romantic, devotional and children’s poems, as well as an accomplished sample of fiction. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical and fictional works of Christina Rossetti, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material.
- Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Rossetti’s life and works
- Concise introductions to the poetry and other works
- Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
- Excellent formatting of the poems
- Features Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s accompanying illustrations to Goblin Market
- Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry
- Easily locate the poems you want to read
- Includes Rossetti’s complete short stories and her rare novella Maude, appearing for the first time in digital print
- Features a bonus biography by the Pre-Raphaelite expert Theodore Watts-Dunton – discover Rossetti’s literary life
- Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Poetry Collections
VERSES, 1847
GOBLIN MARKET AND OTHER POEMS
THE PRINCE’S PROGRESS AND OTHER POEMS
SING-SONG: A NURSERY RHYME BOOK
A PAGEANT AND OTHER POEMS
VERSES, 1893
SOME FEASTS AND FASTS
GIFTS AND GRACES
THE WORLD: SELF-DESTRUCTION
DIVERS WORLDS:TIME AND ETERNITY
NEW JERUSALEM AND ITS CITIZENS
SONGS FOR STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS
PRIVATELY PUBLISHED POEMS
UNPUBLISHED POEMS
The Poems
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The Fiction
COMMONPLACE AND OTHER STORIES
MAUDE: A STORY FOR GIRLS
The Biography
CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI by Theodore Watts-Dunton
