Aurora Leigh (1856) is an epic poem by English Romantic poet
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Described by Browning as "a novel in
verse," Aurora Leigh is primarily the story of its titular heroine,
an intelligent woman and ambitious poet whose talent is matched
only by her skill for self-doubt. Although it is narrated in the
first person, the poem also concerns itself with the character
Marian Erle, a woman rescued from a life on the streets by Aurora's
cousin Romney, who loves both women in complex and varying ways.
Recognized as one of the most important poems of the nineteenth
century, Aurora Leigh is notable for its use of the epic
form-traditionally masculine, and concerned with subjects such as
war, history, and the gods-in order to tell a story centered on
talented and uniquely independent women. Born in Florence to a
Tuscan mother and English father, and encouraged from a young age
to study the classics and learn Latin and Greek, Aurora Leigh
develops not only the desire to become a famous poet, but the
talent and intelligence to achieve her dream. What she has in
ambition and skill, however, she lacks in confidence, and, after
moving to England as a teenager, Aurora struggles to make a name
for herself in the competitive literary environment of London.
While in England, she meets her cousin Romney Leigh, a dedicated
and idealistic social worker who dreams of using his inheritance
and family estate-Leigh Hall-to alleviate the suffering of the
lower classes. Aurora Leigh is a dramatic tale of romance involving
Marian Erle, Lady Waldemar-a beautiful aristocrat-and Aurora
herself. As each of these women navigates their relationship with
Romney, and as Romney tries and fails to bring meaningful aid to
the poor, Aurora finds that her art means nothing if she cannot
learn to love herself as much as she loves others. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh is a
classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.
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