Enoch Arden, &c. by Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson

"Enoch Arden, &c." by Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson is a narrative poem published in 1864. A fisherman-turned-sailor leaves his wife Annie and children to earn a better living at sea, but becomes shipwrecked on a desert island for over eleven years. When he finally returns home, he discovers Annie has remarried his childhood friend and started a new family. Faced with an impossible choice, Enoch must decide whether to reclaim his old life or sacrifice his own happiness for those he loves. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
Title Enoch Arden, &c.
Alternate Title Enoch Arden, etc.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Arden
Contents Enoch Arden -- Aylmer's field -- Sea dreams -- The grandmother -- Northern farmer -- Tithonus -- The voyage -- In the valley of Cauteretz -- The flower -- Requiescat -- The sailor-boy -- The islet -- The ringlet -- A welcome to Alexandra -- Ode sung at the opening of the international exhibition -- A dedication -- Boadicea -- In quantity -- Specimen of a translation of the Iliad in blank verse.
Credits Etext produced by Stewart A. Levin
HTML file produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject English poetry -- 19th century
Category Text
eBook-No. 1358
Release Date
Last Update Oct 10, 2025
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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