Skip to product information
NaN of -Infinity

Alfred Tennyson Selected Poetry 1951 Paperback Modern Library

Alfred Tennyson Selected Poetry 1951 Paperback Modern Library

Regular price $3.00 AUD
Regular price Sale price $3.00 AUD
Sale Sold out
Tax included.
 More payment options
Alfred Tennyson, invariably known as Alfred Lord Tennyson on all his books, was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, the fourth of the twelve children of George Tennyson, clergyman, and his wife, Elizabeth. In 1816 Tennyson was sent to Louth Grammar School, which he disliked so intensely that from 1820 he was educated at home until at the age of 18 he joined his two brothers at Trinity College, Cambridge and with his brother Charles published his first book, Poems by Two Brothers the same year.

His second book, Poems Chiefly Lyrical was published in 1830. In 1833, Tennyson's best friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who was engaged to his sister, died, inspiring some of his best work including In MemoriamUlysses and the Passing of Arthur.
View full details