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Favourite Poems of England

A stunningly illustrated tribute to England, featuring poems by the country's finest writers.

From London's bustling streets to country green, from lords and ladies to brave soldiers lost in battle, this gorgeously illustrated anthology celebrates England and all that it means to be English. A breadth of poetry from Britain's renowned writers—including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, Blake, Kipling, Emily Bronte, Sylvia Plath, and Roald Dahl—captures a range of visions of the "sceptered isle."

Audience
adult
Length
short · 176 pages

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