num_pages: 70
description:  Morning and eveningMaids heard the goblins cry:Come buy our orchard fruitsCome buy come buy...Experience the temptation pleasure punishment and redemption of Christina Rossetti's brilliant poetic masterpiece. First published in 1862 the work is the phantasmagoric tale of two maidens seduced by lewd goblin men and it provides a startling glimpse into the depths of the Victorian psyche. For children the story offers a captivating adventure into a land of fantasy. For adults it's a lyrical and sensual allegory of temptation sacrifice and salvation. Christina Rossetti (18301894) was one of the most important women poets writing in nineteenth-century England. She was born in London December 5 1830 within a family of poets artists and critics. Today she is best remembered by her infamous poem 'Goblin Market' (1862) but also by 'Complete Poems' and 'Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti' (1970).
language: English
title: Goblin Market
publisher: Chronicle Books