The Scholar’s Story

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The Scholar’s Story

Poet(s)

Gaskell, William

Unsigned

Credits

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Source

Household Words 8, 32–34, 19 December 1853.

First line

Sole child of her house, a lovely maid

Authorship

Unsigned

Print context

Published in a Christmas issue

Document status

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Notes and attribution research

Poem’s headnote, which describes the poem as a version of a Breton ballad, is by Elizabeth Gaskell (Lohrli 118, 280). The poem is from Christmas 1853 issue of Household Words, entitled Extra Christmas Number: Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. Issue at the end of Volume 8.

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 1553

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Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

The Scholar’s Story