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Alfred Tennyson

Born

in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England

August 06, 1809

Died

October 06, 1892

Genre

Poetry, Drama

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Works, including In Memoriam in 1850 and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1854, of Alfred Tennyson, first baron, known as lord, appointed British poet laureate in 1850, reflect Victorian sentiments and aesthetics.

Elizabeth Tennyson, wife, bore Alfred Tennyson, the fourth of twelve children, to George Tennyson, clergyman; he inevitably wrote his books. In 1816, parents sent Tennyson was sent to grammar school of Louth.

Alfred Tennyson disliked school so intensely that from 1820, home educated him. At the age of 18 years in 1827, Alfred joined his two brothers at Trinity College, Cambridge and with Charles Tennyson, his brother, published Poems by Two Brothers , his book, in the same year.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 63,280 ratings · 2,940 reviews · 2,149 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lady of Shalott 4.19 avg rating — 19,856 ratings — published 1833 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idylls of the King 3.97 avg rating — 10,421 ratings — published 1885 — 871 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tennyson's Poetry by Alfred Tennyson, Robert W. Hill Jr. (editor) 4.07 avg rating — 8,022 ratings — published 1833 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Memoriam 4.06 avg rating — 4,556 ratings — published 1850 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems 4.07 avg rating — 3,389 ratings — published 1870 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Charge of the Light Brigade 4.11 avg rating — 1,276 ratings — published 1854 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ulysses 4.12 avg rating — 907 ratings — published 1842 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tennyson: Poems by Alfred Tennyson, Peter Washington (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 681 ratings — published 1892 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetical Works: Tennyson 4.18 avg rating — 523 ratings — published 1892 — 458 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson 4.33 avg rating — 490 ratings — published 1879 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”
― Alfred Tennyson

tags: friendship, love

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“Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam

tags: paraphrase-of-congreve

15961 likes

“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson

tags: happiness, hope, inspirational, new-year

4706 likes

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Silas Marner by George Eliot 1861, 262 pages

113 votes, 34.9%

The Red and the Black by Stendhal 1830, 608 pages

66 votes, 20.4%

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1862, 455 pages

63 votes, 19.4%

The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 400 BC, 160 pages

53 votes, 16.4%

Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson 1885, 384 pages

29 votes, 9.0%

324 total votes

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