Rossetti scholars will find that this unique collection of rare prose works gives valuable insights into her poetry. Of great interest to theologians, historians, and scholars of Victorian literature, these texts reflect the social and cultural trend...
This is a delightful novella of love, matrimony, and sisterhood firmly in the tradition of Jane Austen, and displaying all the imaginative flair and linguistic prowess that distinguish Christina Rossetti's best-loved verse. When William Charlmont is...
Christina Rossetti’s famous narrative poem is a gothic fantasy, dangling two young sisters before sin and death. The lyrical masterpiece is brought to life with haunting illustrations by Arthur Rackham.Lizzie and Laura are best friends as well as s...
Before W.B. Yeats wrote of the mystical in his poetry, Christina Rossetti wrote Goblin Market, also the title poem within the collection Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems. The title poem is about two sisters, and the lesson learn...
With a preface by Elizabeth Macneal and original illustrations by Laurence Housman.Two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, are enticed by the smells, sounds and sights of the goblin market, tempted by the ripe figs, plump cherries and fragrant berries. Whilst...
Two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, are enticed by the smells, sounds and sights of the goblin market, tempted by the ripe figs, plump cherries and fragrant berries. Whilst Lizzie resists, Laura is slowly destroyed by her insatiable longing for the goblin...
Those who have known Miss Rossetti's handiwork from the time when, under the pseudonym of Ellen Alleyn, she produced her masterly paraphrase of Ecclesiastes and her exquisite sad lyric Dreamland, up to these later years of poetic labour productive of...