Posted in Life, tagged poetry on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Poe wrote this poem, of course, in mourning for his beloved Virginia.
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child [...]
Posted in Book Review, tagged England, fiction on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The governess
Less dramatic than her own Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and less read than the works of her more famous sisters, Agnes Grey is a straightforward, semi-fictional chronicle of the experiences of a governess in 19th century England. Agnes is the younger daughter of a mother whose wealthy family disowned her for loving [...]
