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This means a remarkable legacy has been preserved in letters that still seem as alive with conversational energy as when they were dashed off more than two hundred years ago. Through Byron's letters and journals, we are still able to become mental travellers, transported across time and space by this brilliant, mercurial, magnificent and often maddening writer.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43717759926450,"sku":"9781841594194","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781841594194_5fb45512-b9f9-4424-910f-0d897d186993.jpg?v=1786027860"},{"product_id":"9780140424508","title":"Selected Poems of Lord George Gordon Byron","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe selected poems of a legendary romantic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribed as 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord Byron was the quintessential Romantic. Flamboyant, charismatic and brilliant, he remains almost as notorious for his life - as a political revolutionary, sexual adventurer and traveller - as he does for his literary work. Yet he produced some of the most daring and exuberant poetry of the Romantic age, from 'To Caroline' and 'To Woman' to the satirical English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, his exotic Eastern tales and the colourful narrative of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, the work that made him famous overnight and gave birth to the idea of the brooding Byronic hero.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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. 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Written entirely in ottava rima stanza form, Byron's Don Juan blends high drama with earthy humour, outrageous satire of his contemporaries (in particular Wordsworth and Southey) and sharp mockery of Western societies, with England coming under particular attack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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. 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The challenge was the genesis of this blood-chilling anthology blending the macabre, supernatural, and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelections include Mary Shelley’s \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, the first true science fiction novel, and John Polidori’s “The Vampyre,” considered one of the earliest examples of the romantic vampire genre. The story was inspired by Lord Byron’s “A Fragment,” which is also included, as is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Fragment of a Ghost Story.” These spine-tingling tales have enthralled generations of readers for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56290745680245,"sku":"9780486851365","price":12.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780486851365_12270027-e7e2-4611-bc11-303d96ea5e9f.jpg?v=1786014024"},{"product_id":"9781789509694","title":"The Poetry of Lord Byron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamously described as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know', Lord Byron was the quintessential romantic poet - flamboyant, tragic and exceptionally gifted. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis life and work have been a source of constant fascination for over two centuries. He composed some of the greatest verse ever written that has enthralled readers for generations. Passionate yet thoughtful, his poetry ranged from historical epics to romantic odes and biting satires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection presents the reader with the start of the literary legend, offering insight into the entirety of his work, from his juvenilia to his final pieces, including such favourites as 'She Walks in Beauty', 'Darkness', and 'To Woman', as well as excerpts from his longer poems 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' and 'Don Juan'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eArcturus Great Poets Library\u003c\/i\u003e brings together moving and inspiring verse from some of the greatest poets in history, presented with beautiful new cover designs with graphic motifs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305750573429,"sku":"9781789509694","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781789509694_3c05116d-e9fb-4862-8fe3-a95172e5584e.jpg?v=1786026936"},{"product_id":"9789358716375","title":"Childe Harold'S Pilgrimage","description":"Long narrative poem \"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage\" by famed English poet Lord Byron. 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