The Lady of Shalott

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The Lady of Shalott
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Lady of Shalott

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Edition year 1991
Binding Silk
Illustrator Howard Phipps
Weight 0.1 Kg
Pages 32
Dimensions 11.6 × 8.3 cm

Edition details

The Lady of Shalott, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, five wood engravings by Howard Phipps. Full dark red artificial moiré silk, lettered in gold on a black panel, dark red endleaves with a repeat pattern in gold by Phipps. Gold slipcase. 11.6 x 8.3 cm. 32 pp. Miniature poetry series

About the book

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott is one of the most famous narrative poems of the Victorian age. Inspired by Arthurian legend, it tells of a mysterious woman who lives under an unexplained curse in a tower near Camelot. Forbidden to look directly upon the outside world, she experiences life only through reflections in a mirror until the sight of Sir Lancelot causes her to break the curse's conditions. Rich in imagery and atmosphere, the poem explores isolation, art, desire and the dangerous attraction of direct experience.

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