The Story of Rimini: A Poem

by Leigh Hunt

Excerpt from The Story of Rimini: A Poem
Having thus, - with sufficient care, I am afraid, - vindicated my fellow-dignity, and put on my laurel in meeting you publicly, I take it off again with a still greater regard for those unceremonious and unpretending humanities of private inter- course, of which you know so handsomely how to set the example; and professing to be nothing more, in that sphere, than a hearty admirer of what is generous, and enjoyer of what is frank and social, am, with great truth.
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Genres: Classics, Poetry

156 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1816

About the author

British writer James Henry Leigh Hunt, known for his essays, defending Romanticism, edited the Examiner from 1808 to 1821.

This English critic, essayist, poet lived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Hunt

Reviews

[jehan · Rating 4 out of 5]

canto iii slayed me

[Wong Yang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-read, giving it another star.
"Sad were those hearts, and sweet was that long kiss...The world was all forgot, the struggle o'er / Desperate the joy. --That day they read no more."

Hunt mobilises a story of forbidden love between Paolo and Francesca from Dante's Inferno to challenge the literary, political, and religious establishments of the 19thC.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Something light (in length) and heavy in mood for fans of Tristan and Iseult. The poetry is thick and heavy in angsty aching, but you expect that from the subject. They are some of the tortured lovers from The Divine Comedy in Hell and their companions are all equally tragic. There are some nice references to Lancelot and Guinevere as well as the OG couple T&I. There's even a character called Tristan.

[Alicia Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite moving.

[Eilidh Paterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

COCKNEY POETRY

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually just blogged about this, so I guess I'll just post that here:
https://danteat750audio.wordpress.com...
Bottom line: I liked it. Highly recommend Peter Tucker's audiobook version, available for free download on Librivox:
https://librivox.org/the-story-of-rim...