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George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 3 (of 3)

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The volume gathers later narrative and miscellaneous poems, presenting a sequence of Tales of the Hall followed by posthumous pieces and shorter lyrics. An editor’s preface and textual notes outline manuscript sources and variant readings. The poems offer realistic portraits of rural and domestic life, closely observed scenes, and moral reflection on passions such as pride, grief, revenge, and belated refinement, delivered through narrative sketches and reflective commentary. Tone alternates between anecdotal storytelling, satirical observation, and sober moralizing.

[1873.]

60. Poetical Works.... 2 pts. London: James Blackwood and Co. [1873].

Collation and Contents:

Pt. 1. 8º, pp. iv, 359 contains:

The Library.
The Village.
The Parish Register.
The Borough.

Pt. 2. 8º, pp. iv, 384 contains:

Tales.
Miscellaneous Poems.

Eight illustrations.

1875.

61. [Extracts from The Parish-Register (1807), and The Borough.]

Included in Англійскіе Поэты въ біографіяхъ и образцахъ: составилъ Н. В. Гербель. [English Poets, with biographies and observations by N. V. Gerbel.] pp. 178–195. St. Petersburg, 1875.