Author(s): Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Fiction

Illustrated with engravings by Gustave Dore, this beautiful hardback edition of Coleridge's narrative poem also includes seven of his acclaimed romantic poems. Regarded as one of the greatest narrative poems in the English language, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner conveys with haunting clarity the suffering of a man who commits a terrible crime against nature. From the Mariner's fall from grace to his eventual redemption, Coleridge's poem is rich in symbolism and open to myriad interpretations.