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The Rape of the Lock
Alexander Pope
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Description for The Rape of the Lock
Paperback. A hideous crime is committed at a fashionable London society gathering. The victim is the beautiful, innocent Belinda, her attacker is the dastardly Baron, and his weapon of choice is a pair of scissors..Pope's mock-epic is the sharp and witty tale of the most famous bad hair day in the history of literature. Illustrator(s): Beardsley, Aubrey. Num Pages: 96 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE GEE
A hideous crime is committed at a fashionable London society gathering. The victim is the beautiful, innocent Belinda, her attacker is the dastardly Baron, and his weapon of choice is a pair of scissors...
Pope's mock-epic is the sharp and witty tale of the most famous bad hair day in the history of literature.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099511526
SKU
KKD0004801
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was born on 21 May 1688. He was brought up a Roman Catholic at a time where the laws of England were prejudicial towards Catholics. He suffered tuberculosis as a child and as a consequence never grew taller than 4'6". He first published The Rape of the Lock when he was twenty-three years old in 1712. Its success ... Read more
Reviews for The Rape of the Lock
Brilliant... triumphant. Never has so great a poem emerged from so trivial a cause
Peter Ackroyd One of the jewels of the Augustan age
Sunday Times
Peter Ackroyd One of the jewels of the Augustan age
Sunday Times