"Aurora Leigh" (1856) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a novel in verse that examines themes of women's roles, poverty, and utopianism through the contrasting paths of its artistic protagonist and her philanthropic cousin.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Aurora Leigh" (1856) is a novel in verse exploring women's roles, poverty, and utopian socialism through the development of an artist versus philanthropy.
| Front | aurora leigh |
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| Back | novel in verse Elizabeth Browning 1856 the role of women, the plight of the poor, and the efficacy of 19th utopian socialism not an autobiography aurora's development as an artist in opposition to the active philanthropy of her cousin Romney both of these key characters gone into extreme |
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