The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos
by Alexander Pope
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1912945126
- ISBN 13
- 9781912945122
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Alexander Pope was born on May 21, 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 made him a celebrity in polite society. He later added to it in 1714 and 1717. It was written to reconcile two families who had fallen out over a similar incident where a Lord Petre had cut off a lock of hair from Arabella Fermor's head. Pope went on to translate the works of Homer and produce The Dunciad and An Essay on Man . He died on May 30, 1744.
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- David's Bookshop (GB)
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- 032342
- Title
- The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos
- Author
- Alexander Pope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1912945126
- ISBN 13
- 9781912945122
- Publisher
- Mount Orleans press
- Date Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 56
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
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