Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) is British writer Christina Rossetti's first book of poetry. The title poem is her most famous work: a creepy and sensual tale of two sisters' temptation to eat forbidden fruits. The poems explore themes of death, faith, isolation, and love, with a section of devotional pieces at the end. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
Chapters
1 Goblin Market 23 min 2 In the Round Tower at Jhansi, June 8, 1857 2 min 3 Dream-Land 2 min 4 At Home 2 min 5 From Sunet to Star Rise 1 min 6 Love From the North 2 min 7 Winter Rain 2 min 8 A Dirge 1 min 9 Confluents 2 min 10 Noble Sisters 3 min 11 Spring 2 min 12 The Lambs of Grasmere, 1860 2 min 13 A Birthday 1 min 14 Remember 1 min 15 After Death 1 min 16 An End 1 min 17 My Dream 4 min 18 Song 1 min 19 The Hour and the Ghost 4 min 20 A Summer Wish 1 min 21 An Apple Gathering 2 min 22 Song 1 min 23 Maude Clare 3 min 24 Echo 2 min 25 Winter: My Secret 3 min 26 Another Spring 2 min 27 A Peal of Bells 2 min 28 Fata Morgana 1 min 29 No, Thank You, John 2 min 30 May 1 min 31 A Pause of Thought 1 min 32 Twilight Calm 3 min 33 Wife to Husband 1 min 34 Three Seasons 1 min 35 Mirage 1 min 36 Shut Out 2 min 37 Sound Sleep 2 min 38 Song 1 min 39 Song 1 min 40 Dead Before Death 1 min 41 Bitter For Sweet 1 min 42 The Master is Come, and Calleth For Thee 1 min 43 Rest 1 min 44 The First Spring Day 1 min 45 The Convent Threshold 8 min 46 Uphill 1 min 47 The Love of Christ Which Passeth Knowledge 2 min 48 A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break 2 min 49 A Better Resurrection 2 min 50 Advent 3 min 51 The Three Enemies 3 min 52 One Certainty 1 min 53 Christian and Jew 3 min 54 Sweet Death 2 min 55 Symbols 1 min 56 Consider the Lilies of the Field 1 min 57 The World 1 min 58 A Testimony 4 min 59 Sleep At Sea 3 min 60 From House to Home 12 min 61 Old and New Year Ditties 4 min 62 Amen 1 min 63 Mother Country 3 min
