A Century of Roundels

by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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Genres: Poetry

114 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

In musical, often erotic verse, British poet and critic Algernon Charles Swinburne wrote and attacked the conventions of Victorian morality.

This controversial Englishman in his own day invented the roundel form and some novels and contributed to the famous eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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Reviews

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection of melancholy and love. (Librivox)

[Jobie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though it has my favorite poem "Love lies bleeding" it's not my favorite overall book of poetry.

[Elianara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has some great thought provoking poems, but some misses too.

[Jim Rickson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Chopin of Poetry?