Browning, Elizabeth Barrett 1806-1861 creator text utu 2018 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Aurora Leigh" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a verse novel published in 1856. Written in blank verse across nine books, it follows Aurora's journey from childhood in Florence to her struggles as a poet in London. When her cousin Romney proposes marriage but dismisses her artistic ambitions, Aurora refuses him and pursues her literary dreams independently. The narrative interweaves Aurora's story with that of Marian Erle, a working-class woman whose fate becomes entangled with Romney's idealistic social reforms, exploring themes of art, gender, and social class in Victorian society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Leigh Release date is 2018-02-21 Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified English poetry -- 19th century Novels in verse Epic poetry, English PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56621 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56621 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134314.0 56621