Aurora Leigh - Elizabeth Barrett-Browning

I admit that an eleven-thousand line versified novel may not be high up on your list of books to read, but for those of you who have the patience and perseverance to read such literature will surely be rewarded. Aurora Leigh is the life story of one highly intelligent woman living during the Victorian period who feels held back by the patriarchal society which dictates that women have neither the intellectual capacity for writing poetry, nor the social position needed to become a successful poet. The subject of the book is therefore the subjugation of women to the dominating male. Aurora Leigh ... more