Aurora Leigh: A Norton Critical Edition: 0 (Norton Critical Editions) Paperback – 3 Jan. 1996

Having been brought up on the notion that Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the slighter and less-talented adjunct poet of her husband Robert, I was pleased to find I was wrong.She's terrific.This is a brilliant work, full of dazzling poetry and insights.It's loaded with allusions and references (I read the Penguin edition; and the notes there run for many, many pages--and these barely skim the surface), but it is remarkably accessible and fun.This is a work full of wisdom and unusual perspectives. Luminous and grand and down-to-earth all at once. Imagine Jane Eyre written by Shakespeare.It's an education in Victorian (upper-middle-class) England, and also the Victorian English infatuation with Italy. It's also a biting and incisive feminist portrait, full of rebellion and self-discovery.I strongly recommend it to anyone who likes poetry, or Victorian novels.

I got the book and it worked well for school but it wasn't the version shown.