[This Victorian Web version of The Angel in the House is based on the Project Gutenberg e-text, which was produced by David Price (e-mail ccx074@coventry.ac.uk), from the 1891 Cassell & Company edition. GPL created the html, added links, and made corrections in the text after comparing it with other editions.]
The Text of the Poem
- Introduction and Prologue
- Book I, Canto I. The Cathedral Close
- Book I, Canto II. Mary and Mildred
- Book I, Canto III. Honoria
- Book I, Canto IV. The Morning
- Book I, Canto V. The Violets
- Book I, Canto VI. The Dean
- Book I, Canto VII. Aetna and the Moon
- Book I, Canto VIII. Sarum Plain
- Book I, Canto IX. The Sahara
- Book I, Canto X. Church to Church
- Book I, Canto XI. The Dance
- Book I, Canto XII. The Abdication
- Book II. The Prologue
- Book II, Canto I. Accepted
- Book II, Canto V. The Course of True Love
- Book II, Canto VI. The Country Ball
- Book II, Canto VII. Love In Idleness
- Book II, Canto VIII. The Queen's Room
- Book II, Canto IX. The Love Letters
- Book II, Canto X. The Revulsion
- Book II, Canto XI. The Koh-I-Noor
- Book II, Canto XII. The Friends
- Book II, Canto X. The Epitaph
- Book II, Canto XI.The Wedding
- Book II, Canto XII. Husband and Wife
- Book II. Epilogue
Critical Commentary
- Literary Relations: Sources, Influences, Confluences, Critical Reception
- Genre and Style
- Theme and Subject
- Image, Symbol, Motif
- Bibliography
- Gender Matters
- Coventry Patmore, Religion, and Philosophy
Last updated 8 August 2004