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The Courtship of Miles Standish

The Courtship of Miles Standish

Longfellow, Henry W.

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Literary CriticismPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1161378324
ISBN13: 9781161378320
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Courtship of Miles Standish is a narrative poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The book tells the story of Miles Standish, a captain in the Plymouth Colony, who is in love with a woman named Priscilla. However, he is too shy to express his feelings to her directly, so he asks his friend John Alden to propose to her on his behalf. Priscilla, however, is not pleased with this arrangement and tells John that she would rather choose her own husband. The book explores the themes of love, loyalty, and betrayal, and is set against the backdrop of the early days of the Plymouth Colony. The Courtship of Miles Standish is a classic American literary work and is often studied in schools and universities.1938. The subject of this poem is purely American. The foundation for it is a real and famous chapter in history, the settlement of the Pilgrims at Plymouth on the coast of Massachusetts. All the characters found in the poem were real persons who lived in the Plymouth colony.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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