"The language is unlike the language of other poets" - Samuel Johnson
Born in 1716, educated at Eton and then Cambridge where he spent many years as a scholar and Fellow; Gray was the dominant poetic writer in the time before the Romantic movement. He died in 1771 in Cambridge but was buried in Stoke Poges, thought to be the setting for his Elegy.
He was not prolific but his reputation was assured with his masterpiece an Elegy written in a Country Churchyard which is printed in this Pocket Book. The cover and illustrations within are by Christopher Fiddes.
Thomas Gray
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Pocket-sized at 13 x 9.5cm (5 x 3.5" in old money) and comprising 16 pages with a firm card cover. This little volume is just one in the series of Carr's Pocket Books; they hover between a greeting and a present and make a lasting alternative to a birthday card. In cold bedrooms, only one hand need suffer exposure. A distinguished novelist recommends them for reading in the bath and an ambassador claims they can be palmed from the cuff during tedious speeches or profitless sermons.Delivery Information
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