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My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun

Paperback • 2016 • English

My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun

By Emily Dickinson

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About the book

'It's coming - the postponeless Creature'Electrifying poems of isolation, beauty, death and eternity from a reclusive genius and one of America's greatest writers. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles an...Show more

Classic and pre-20th century poetry
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)

Book details

ISBN

9780241251409

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun

Format

Paperback

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