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Goblin Market and Other Poems

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Goblin Market and Other Poems

By: Christina Rossetti
Narrated by: Jeffrey Ito
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An important and often-quoted literary figure, the English poet Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) wrote some of the most beautiful and voluptuous poetry in the English language. Like Emily Dickinson, she lived in self-imposed isolation, writing of God and lost love with a sensuality and passion that seemed to emanate from the soul.

This edition of 53 works combines a number of her best-known sonnets, ballads, and shorter lyrics with her long masterpiece, the narrative fable Goblin Market. A haunting fairy tale in verse, Goblin Market was once labeled a children's poem, yet its intricate symbolism and themes of temptation, sin, and redemption mark it for an adult audience.

Among other works included in this choice collection are "The Convent Threshold," "Up-hill," "Cousin Kate," "Winter: My Secret," "Maude Clare," "No, Thank You, John," and "After Death."

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I was keen to have the poet Christina Rossetti as an audiobook so that I could dip in and out periodically. I was fully away of this poet having heard her work many times, however this rendition is appalling, it is monosyllabic, no emotion, no breath almost appears to be read by a very poor Ai generated speech algorithm.
I may try again with this but look forward to finding another copy read by someone else

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