These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. Only Lizzie can rescue Laura from her deathbed in this daring meditation on sisterhood and sexuality.Complete and unabridged, this edition features a preface by Elizabeth Macneal. The poems explore themes of death, faith, isolation, and love, with a section of devotional pieces at the. The title poem is her most famous work: a creepy and sensual tale of two sisters temptation to eat forbidden fruits. Haunted by stories of girls who lost their lives to the goblins, Laura's health declines as she longs to taste the fruit again but can no longer hear the familiar market cries. Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) is British writer Christina Rossettis first book of poetry. Lizzie resists temptation, but Laura cannot help but stop to taste the fruits from the goblin men. All together seventy-one poems are contained herein “The Goblin Market and Other Poems”, a collection of endearing works of inward contemplation and timeless vision which will inspire and delight readers of all ages.Originally published in 1862, Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market is a spellbinding fairytale of female desire brought to life in a lavishly descriptive narrative poem.Two young girls, Laura and Lizzie, are enticed by the smells, sounds and sights of the goblin market.

Rossetti’s poetry is remarkable for its clarity and simplicity of diction in dealing with themes of truth, beauty, love, death, heavenly joys, earthly pleasures, and purity of faith. Also included in this collection is “The Prince’s Progress”, a tragic tale of loss concerning a princess awaiting the return of her prince. This collection of poems includes her most renowned work, “Goblin Market”, a narrative poem which tells the tale of two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who are tempted by river goblins. Ranked among the finest English poets of the nineteenth century, Christina Rossetti is a widely read, though not widely imitated poet, recognized for her devotional poetry, influenced by the religious conservatism and asceticism of the Church of England.

In this representative collection of Christina Rossetti’s poems we find a vast array of narrative tales, love lyrics, sonnets, hymns, ballads, and sprightly verses for children. Goblin Market and Other Poems was the first book of poetry that Christina Rossetti published, although her grandfather had privately printed a collection of her.

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