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Windsor Forest

Alexander Pope

Publisher: Charles River Editors

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Summary

Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet.  Pope became famous quickly for his use of the heroic couplet and aside from Shakespeare he is the most frequently quoted writer in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.  Pope's most famous works are An Essay on Criticism, The Rape of the Lock, and The Dunciad.  This edition of Windsor Forest includes a table of contents.
Available since: 03/22/2018.

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