The Rainbow and the Rose, Edith Nesbit
The Rainbow and the Rose, Edith Nesbit
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The Rainbow and the Rose

Author: Edith Nesbit

Narrator: AnnaLisa Bodtker

Unabridged: 2 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: alenbeebooks

Published: 02/01/2022


Synopsis

Although Edith Nesbit is best known for her innovative children's books and classic ghost stories, her passion was poetry. She published over 20 volumes of poetry during her lifetime. Her timeless poetry was praised by authors and poets such as Algernon Swinburne, Oscar Wilde, and literary critic, Andrew Lang.Part I: The Things That Matter; The Confession; Work; The Jilted Lover; The Will to Live; and The Beatific Vision.Part II: Mummy Wheat; The Beech Tree; In Absence; Silence; Raison d'être; The Onlookers; The Tree of Knowledge; At Parting; Song; and Renunciation.Part III: The Veil of Maya; Song; To Vera; The Poet to His Love; The Maiden's Prayer; Song; The Magic Flower; La Derniere Rose de Soie; The Least Possible; En Tout Cas; Appeal; St. Valentine's Day; Chagrin d'Amour; Bridal Eve; Love and Life; and From the Italian.Part IV: Out of the Fulness of the Heart; Summer Song; The Lower Room; Song; and May Song.Part V: To Iris; To a Child; Birthday Talk for a Child; To Rosamund; From the Tuscan; and Mother Song, from the Portuguese.Part VI: The Island; Possession; Accession; The Destroyer; The Egoists; The Way of Love; To One Who Pleaded for Candour in Love; The Enchanted Garden; The Poor Man's Guest; In the Shallows; And the Rains Descended and the Floods Came; and The Star.Part VII: The Prodigal Son; Despair; The Temptation; Second Nature; and De Profunis.Part VIII: At the Gate; Via Amores; Retro Sathanas; The Old Dispensation; The New Dispensation; and The Three Kings.Part IX: After Death; Chloe; Invocation; The Last Betrayal; A Prayer for the King's Majesty; True Love and New Love; Death; In Memory of Saretta Deakin; and A Parting.copyright 2022 (P) alenbeebooksAnnaLisa Bodtker is the narrator of the popular audiobook Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale and Christmas in the Forest.

About Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit, the daughter of John Collis Nesbit, a schoolmaster, was born on August 19, 1858. Her father died when Edith was only six years old. Despite money problems, Edith's mother managed to educate her daughter in France.

At the age of nineteen, Edith met Hubert Bland, a young writer with radical political opinions. In 1879, Edith discovered she was pregnant; she married Hubert on April 22, 1880, and the baby was born two months later.

Edith and Hubert were both socialists, and on October 24, 1883, they decided to form a debating group with their Quaker friend Edward Pease, Havelock Ellis, and Frank Podmore. They decided to call themselves the Fabian Society and were later joined by other socialists. Edith and Hubert became joint editors of the society's journal, Today.

Edith was a regular lecturer and writer on socialism throughout the 1880s. However, she gave less time to these activities after she become a successful children's writer. Her most famous novels include The Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Wouldbegoods, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Railway Children, and The Enchanted Castle. A collection of her political poetry, Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism, was published in 1908.

After the death of her husband in 1914, Edith married Thomas Tucker, an engineer. Edith continued to write children's books and had published forty-four novels before her death on May 4, 1924.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jess on September 29, 2013

Such beautiful writing but I found it felt very similar after a bit......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on July 22, 2021

There are some really lovely poems in this collection, unfortunately it's bogged down by repetitiveness and a few less engaging works. Love, religion, domesticity, nature, and death are recurring themes.......more