Goblin Market
by Christina Rossetti
Buy on AmazonGoblin Market is an 1862 narrative poem by Christina Rossetti. It tells the story of sisters Laura and Lizzie, who are tempted with fruit by goblin merchants. In a letter to her publisher, Rossetti claimed that the poem, which is interpreted frequently as having features of remarkably sexual imagery, was not meant for children. However, in public Rossetti often stated that it was intended for children, and went on to write many children's poems. When it appeared in her first volume of poetry, Goblin Market and Other Poems, it was illustrated by her brother, the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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"A little antique pocket edition of Rossetti's "Goblin Market" that I've kept close to me ever since it arrived in my life."
By the Book: Helen Oyeyemi · nytimes.com