The Angel in the House
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About This Book
The Angel in the House is a narrative poem by Coventry Patmore, first published in 1854 and expanded until 1862. Although largely ignored upon publication, it became enormously popular in the United States during the later 19th century and then in Britain, and its influence continued well into the twentieth century as it became part of many English Literature courses once adopted by W. W. Norton & Company into The Norton Anthology of English Literature. The poem was an idealized account of Patmore's courtship of his first wife, Emily Augusta Andrews (1824-1862), whom he married in 1847 and bel...
Chapters (400)
- THE Angel in the House.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CONTENTS
- Book I.
- THE PROLOGUE.
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- CANTO I The Cathedral Close.
- PRELUDES.
- THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE.
- CANTO II. Mary And Mildred.
- PRELUDES.
- MARY AND MILDRED.
- CANTO III. Honoria
- PRELUDES.
- HONORIA.
- CANTO IV. The Morning Call.
- PRELUDES.
- THE MORNING CALL.
- CANTO V. The Violets.
- PRELUDES.
- THE VIOLETS.
- CANTO VI. The Dean.
- PRELUDES.
- THE DEAN.
- CANTO VII. Ætna and the Moon.
- PRELUDES.
- ÆTNA AND THE MOON.
- CANTO VIII. Sarum Plain.
- PRELUDES.
- SARUM PLAIN.
- CANTO IX. Sahara.
- PRELUDES.
- SAHARA.
- CANTO X. Church to Church.
- PRELUDES.
- GOING TO CHURCH.
- CANTO XI. The Dance.
- PRELUDES.
- THE DANCE.
- CANTO XII. The Abdication.
- PRELUDES.
- THE ABDICATION.
- Book II.
- THE PROLOGUE.
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- CANTO I. Accepted.
- PRELUDES.
- ACCEPTED.
- CANTO II. The Course of True Love.
- PRELUDES.
- THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
- CANTO III. The Country Ball.
- PRELUDES.
- THE COUNTY BALL.
- CANTO IV. Love in Idleness.
- PRELUDES.
- LOVE IN IDLENESS.
- CANTO V. The Queen’s Room.
- PRELUDES.
- THE QUEEN’S ROOM.
- CANTO VI. The Love-Letters.
- PRELUDES.
- THE LOVE-LETTERS.
- CANTO VII. The Revulsion.
- PRELUDES.
- THE REVULSION.
- CANTO VIII. The Koh-i-noor.
- PRELUDES.
- THE KOH-I-NOOR.
- CANTO IX. The Friends.
- PRELUDES.
- THE FRIENDS.
- CANTO X. The Epitaph.
- PRELUDES.
- THE EPITAPH.
- CANTO XI. The Wedding.
- PRELUDES.
- THE WEDDING.
- CANTO XII. Husband and Wife.
- PRELUDES.
- HUSBAND AND WIFE.
- THE EPILOGUE.
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