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Book SynopsisRooted in the Suffolk landscape of his youth, the poetry of George Crabbe is some of the most distinctive and original of the early nineteenth century, exploring ordinary, often harsh working lives in realistic, subtle language. This selection contains the best of Crabbe''s poetry from throughout his career, including ''Peter Grimes'' from The Borough, the powerful ''Sir Eustace Grey'', the complete Tales of 1812 and the remarkable late work ''The Family of Love''. Depicting people struggling against the undertow of the past and against their own frailties, these are works of great generosity and human sympathy.
This Penguin Classics volume is edited with an introduction and notes by Gavin Edwards.
George Crabbe was born in 1754 in Suffolk. The son of a collector of salt-duties, he spent a period of apprenticeship and unsuccessful practice as an apothecary and surgeon before moving to London to make his way as a writer. Struggling with destitution, he w
