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The Angel in the House

Coventry Patmore

FormatEbook
Published2003
Words24,768
LanguageEnglish
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About this book
A Victorian narrative poem that idealises married love and domestic devotion, its title becoming emblematic of the era's ideal of the devoted wife. Suited to readers of Victorian poetry and those studying nineteenth-century ideas about marriage and womanhood.
Coventry Patmore

Coventry Patmore

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and literary critic. He is best known for his book of poetry The Angel in the House (1854), a narrative poem about the Victorian ideal of a happy marriage.

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