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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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Alfred Tennyson, invariably known as Alfred Lord Tennyson on all his books, was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, the fourth of the twelve children of George Tennyson, clergyman, and his wife, Elizabeth. In 1816 Tennyson was sent to Louth Grammar School, which he disliked so intensely that from 1820 he was educated at home until at the age of 18 he joined his two brothers at Trinity College, Cambridge and with his brother Charles published his first book, Poems by Two Brothers the same year.

His second book, Poems Chiefly Lyrical was published in 1830. In 1833, Tennyson's best friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who was engaged to his sister, died, inspiring some of his best work including In Memoriam, Ulysses and the Passing of Arthur.

In 1850, follo ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 60,283 ratings · 2,572 reviews · 2,087 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lady of Shalott 4.19 avg rating — 19,254 ratings — published 1833 — 78 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 3.96 avg rating — 10,027 ratings — published 1885 — 734 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 — 7,948 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 4.05 avg rating — 4,209 ratings — published 1850 — 394 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 — 3,344 ratings — published 1870 — 67 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 4.13 avg rating — 1,113 ratings — published 1854 — 12 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 4.13 avg rating — 762 ratings — published 1842 — 4 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) 4.24 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 1892 — 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
	Poetical Works: Tennyson 4.17 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 1892 — 428 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 4.32 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 1879 — 89 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: love, paraphrase-of-congreve

15850 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

4699 likes

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Silas Marner by George Eliot 1861, 262 pages

114 votes, 34.9%

The Red and the Black by Stendhal 1830, 608 pages

66 votes, 20.2%

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

63 votes, 19.3%

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

54 votes, 16.5%

Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson 1885, 384 pages

30 votes, 9.2%

327 total votes

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