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Goblin Market and Other Poems

Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) is British writer Christina Rossetti's first book of poetry. The title poem is her most famous work: a creepy and sensual tale of two sisters' temptation to eat forbidden fruits. The poems explore themes of death, faith, isolation, and love, with a section of devotional pieces at the end. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Genre(s): Poetry, Single author

Language: English

Keyword(s): poetry (1795), death (126), faith (114), victorian (91), winter (67), spring (49), sisters (19), Rossetti (3), market (3), goblin (2)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Goblin Market	Elizabeth Klett	00:23:03
Play 02	In the Round Tower at Jhansi, June 8, 1857	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:32
Play 03	Dream-Land	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:43
Play 04	At Home	Elizabeth Klett	00:02:02
Play 05	From Sunet to Star Rise	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:18
Play 06	Love From the North	Elizabeth Klett	00:02:06
Play 07	Winter Rain	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:38
Play 08	A Dirge	Elizabeth Klett	00:00:58
Play 09	Confluents	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:36
Play 10	Noble Sisters	Elizabeth Klett	00:02:43
Play 11	Spring	Elizabeth Klett	00:02:08
Play 12	The Lambs of Grasmere, 1860	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:50
Play 13	A Birthday	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:05
Play 14	Remember	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:10
Play 15	After Death	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:17
Play 16	An End	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:15
Play 17	My Dream	Elizabeth Klett	00:03:41
Play 18	Song	Elizabeth Klett	00:00:48
Play 19	The Hour and the Ghost	Elizabeth Klett	00:03:43
Play 20	A Summer Wish	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:28
Play 21	An Apple Gathering	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:55
Play 22	Song	Elizabeth Klett	00:00:45
Play 23	Maude Clare	Elizabeth Klett	00:02:44
Play 24	Echo	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:30
Play 25	Winter: My Secret	Elizabeth Klett	00:02:33
Play 26	Another Spring	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:35
Play 27	A Peal of Bells	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:46
Play 28	Fata Morgana	Elizabeth Klett	00:00:55
Play 29	No, Thank You, John	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:57
Play 30	May	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:01
Play 31	A Pause of Thought	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:27
Play 32	Twilight Calm	Elizabeth Klett	00:03:11
Play 33	Wife to Husband	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:28
Play 34	Three Seasons	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:08
Play 35	Mirage	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:06
Play 36	Shut Out	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:54
Play 37	Sound Sleep	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:30
Play 38	Song	Elizabeth Klett	00:00:55
Play 39	Song	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:02
Play 40	Dead Before Death	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:18
Play 41	Bitter For Sweet	Elizabeth Klett	00:00:49
Play 42	The Master is Come, and Calleth For Thee	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:29
Play 43	Rest	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:13
Play 44	The First Spring Day	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:26
Play 45	The Convent Threshold	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:03
Play 46	Uphill	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:19
Play 47	The Love of Christ Which Passeth Knowledge	Elizabeth Klett	00:02:11
Play 48	A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:48
Play 49	A Better Resurrection	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:38
Play 50	Advent	Elizabeth Klett	00:02:59
Play 51	The Three Enemies	Elizabeth Klett	00:02:33
Play 52	One Certainty	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:13
Play 53	Christian and Jew	Elizabeth Klett	00:03:07
Play 54	Sweet Death	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:35
Play 55	Symbols	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:26
Play 56	Consider the Lilies of the Field	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:21
Play 57	The World	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:18
Play 58	A Testimony	Elizabeth Klett	00:04:05
Play 59	Sleep At Sea	Elizabeth Klett	00:03:22
Play 60	From House to Home	Elizabeth Klett	00:12:28
Play 61	Old and New Year Ditties	Elizabeth Klett	00:04:00
Play 62	Amen	Elizabeth Klett	00:01:15
Play 63	Mother Country	Elizabeth Klett	00:03:04

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