Goblin Market: A Tale of Two Sisters

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Summary: A tale to dream on...
Review: A children tale for adults. It's a light and thoughtful reading. The story of two sisters and lewd goblin men. Innocence, temptation and emotions all together. This inspiring story has wonderful work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

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Summary: A tale to dream on...
Review: A children tale for adults. It's a light and thoughtful reading. The story of two sisters and lewd goblin men. Innocence, temptation and emotions all together. This inspiring story has wonderful work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

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Summary: Fantastic erotica not for children
Review: I wonder if the good folk at the end of the 19th century when this poem was originally published were just too obtuse to understand the gist of Rossetti's work; if so, we have an innocent artifact that has evolved into something erotic because of our twentieth century sensibilities (we have dirtier minds than our compatriots from the past).

Don't let the word "erotica" scare you away. This is not a blatantly sexual work in its language; it is not a "dirty" book. Just understand that despite what anyone else says or writes, this is about as unambiguously EROTIC as you can get. With phrasing like "Eat me, drink me, love me; Laura, make much of me; For your sake I have braved the glen; And had to do with goblin merchant men."

Since the original work is now in the public domain, if you want to read the full text online just do a search using most standard search engines with the terms "Christina Rossetti Goblin Market" and you should turn up a number of links to the actual poems, go read it, and decide for yourself about it.

This makes a wonderful gift for people you are very close too. However, it is also a very personal poem, and if given inappropriately could actually scare someone away!

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Summary: Redemption
Review: this piece called "goblin market" was recomended to me this year by my lovely boyfriend whom was 8 years older than me. since i am youthful and still sexually repressed, he encouraged me to read the story of the two sisters. the story has a lot to say about a human's mind when it comes to love and sex. a powerful, addictive piece of literature! its worth its price!

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Summary: Redemption
Review: This tale is not about sexuality but about redemption and the need to help others. Read deep into the story to find the meaning that Rossetti intended.