{"product_id":"goblin-market-and-other-poems-9781529065381","title":"Goblin Market and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo sisters, Laura and Lizzie, are enticed by the smells, sounds and sights of the goblin market, tempted by the ripe figs, plump cherries and fragrant berries. Whilst Lizzie resists, Laura is slowly destroyed by her insatiable longing for the goblin's forbidden fruit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition of\u003ci\u003e Goblin Market \u0026amp; Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e features a preface by novelist Elizabeth Macneal and original illustrations by Laurence Housman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is Christina Rossetti's first critically acclaimed collection of poetry. Published in 1862, as well as 'Goblin Market' it contains some of her most treasured work, such as 'A Birthday', 'An Apple Gathering' and 'Remember'. It launched her career as the foremost female poet of her time and, more than a century later, modern readers are still seduced by its symbolism and sensual language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristina Rossetti was born in 1830 in London. She was the youngest child in a creative Italian family, which included her famous brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Their father, a poet and political exile from Italy, fell ill when Rossetti was a teenager and the family suffered financial difficulty. Rossetti started writing at a young age and her poems were often influenced by her religious faith. She published various poems in literary magazines, but it was \u003ci\u003eGoblin Market \u0026amp; Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1862 to great acclaim, that established her position as a prominent poet. She became ill towards the end of her life, first from Graves' disease and then from cancer, but she continued to write until her death in 1894.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50511228862738,"sku":"9781529065381","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1641686e-bb36-4e3e-adf6-bbc65e2a2ac6.jpg?v=1737222155","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/goblin-market-and-other-poems-9781529065381","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}