Books by Christina Rossetti

My Heart is Like a Singing Bird - Selected Bird Poems of Christina Rossetti

by Christina Rossetti

"My Heart is Like a Singing Bird - Selected Bird Poems of Christina Rossetti" contains a fantastic collection of beautiful nature poetry by English poet Christina Georgina Rossetti, with each poem linked by the common theme of birds. A wonderful little poetry pocket book brimming with 15 delightful avian poems coupled with colour illustrations by John James Audubon that would make for a fantastic gift for birdwatchers, twitchers and literature lovers alike. Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894) was an English writer famous for her devotional, romantic, and children's poems. Her most well known poems include "Goblin Market" and "Remember", and she also wrote the lyrics to two famous British Christmas carols: “In the Bleak Midwinter" and "Love Came Down at Christmas". Other notable works by this author include: “Commonplace and Other Stories” (1870), “Speaking Likenesses” (1874), and “Called to Be Saints” (1881). Contents include: “Birds and Poets, an Excerpt by John Burroughs”, “A Birthday”, “The First Spring Day”, “A Birds-eye View”, “On the Wing”, “A Bird Song”, “Bird Raptures”, “Bird or Beast?”, “A Green Cornfield”, “Gone Forever”, “Symbols”, “April - An excerpt from The Months: A Pageant”, “Freaks of Fashion”, “An Old World Thicket”, “A Wintry Sonnet”, and “The Peacock has a Score of Eyes”. Ragged Hand is proud to be publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry now complete with illustrations by James John Audubon and an excerpt by John Burroughs.

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Mix a Pancake

by Christina Rossetti

Young listeners and readers will be "stirred" to action as they follow along with the lilting rhyme, rhythm, and repeating words of Christina Rossetti's classic children's poem, illustrated as a board book by Swiss artist Monique Felix. The animal characters portrayed in Felix's expressive, child-friendly style convey irrepressible emotion and energy, while a basic recipe for pancakes presented at the outset lends an element of nonfiction to the lyrical text. A simple, accessible introduction to poetry for little learners.

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Commonplace (Hesperus Classics)

by Christina Rossetti

This is a delightful novella of love, matrimony, and sisterhood firmly in the tradition of Jane Austen, and displaying all the imaginative flair and linguistic prowess that distinguish Christina Rossetti's best-loved verse. When William Charlmont is lost at sea, his devoted wife lies dying in childbirth and charges Catherine, their eldest daughter, to await his return. Years later, and now in her thirties, Catherine remains faithful to her promise, resigning herself to a life of spinsterhood. Her two sisters, however, are under no such obligation, and while Lucy loves and loses from afar, the carefree Jane resolves to make a prosperous marriage and become a lady of fortune. Commonplace is a charmingly witty tale of the tortuous path a girl must take to secure a suitable match. One of the most important of the Victorian women poets, and a member of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Christina Rossetti is best known as the author of Goblin Market and Other Poems.

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Christina Rossetti: The Complete Poems[ CHRISTINA ROSSETTI: THE COMPLETE POEMS ] by Rossetti, Christina Georgina (Author) Nov-01-01[ Paperback ]

by Christina Rossetti, R. W. Crump, Betty S. Flowers

A captivating collection of enduring verse by one of the Victorian era's most beloved poets

Rossetti is unique among Victorian poets for the sheer range of her subject matter and the variety of her verse form. This collection brings together fantasy poems, such as Goblin Market, and terrifyingly vivid verses for children, love lyrics and sonnets, and the vast body of her devotional poetry. Rossetti's poems weave connections between love and death, triumph and loss, heavenly joys and earthly pleasures. The directness and clarity of her lyrics still have the power to startle us with their truth and beauty.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Blooming Beneath the Sun

by Christina Rossetti

Newbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a collection of celebrated English poet Christina Rossetti’s poems to illustrate with his inimitable flourish.

The world changes so quickly, but the joy and fun of being a child always remains. Christina Rossetti’s classic nursery rhymes have embodied the simple essence of childhood for centuries, and now award-winning illustrator Ashley Bryan brings new life to them with this wonderfully illustrated selection of Rossetti’s poetry.

Bryan’s bright and intricate collage art perfectly complement Rossetti’s simple text, and together they create a vibrant book for both kids—and kids at heart.

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Poems and Prose (Oxford World's Classics)

by Christina Rossetti

'The mystery of Life, the mystery
Of Death, I see
Darkly as in a glass...'

Christina Rossetti (1830-94) is perhaps the most contradictory of the great Victorian poets. She writes of the world's beauty, but fears that it may be deceptive, even deadly. She is a religious poet, but much of her work is driven by uncertainty. Her poems are restrained, even secretive, but they seek nothing less than the mystery of Life and Death.

This edition contains Rossetti's strongest and most distinctive work: poetry (including 'Goblin Market', 'The Prince's Progress', and the sonnet sequence 'Monna Innominata'), stories (including the complete text of Maude), devotional prose (with nearly fifty entries from the 'reading diary' Times Flies), and personal letters. Those poems which Rossetti published, and those which she withheld from publication, are here brought together in chronological order, allowing the reader to observe her poetic trajectory. This edition also records the major revisions made by Rossetti when preparing her poems for publication. It brings together the fullest range of Rossetti's poetry and prose in one volume, and is an indispensable introduction to this entrancing writer.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Poems to Keep in Your Pocket (Macmillan Collector's Library)

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Philip Sidney

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