The Borough is a collection of poems by George Crabbe published in 1810. Written in heroic couplets, the poems are arranged as a series of 24 letters, covering various aspects of borough life and detailing the stories of certain inhabitants’ lives. Of the letters, the best known is that of Peter Grimes in Letter XXII, which formed the basis for Benjamin Britten’s opera of the same name. Letter XXI describes Abel Keene, a village schoolmaster and then a merchant's clerk who was led astray, lost his place and finally hanged himself.
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| - The Borough és una col·lecció de poemes que George Crabbe va publicar el 1810. Escrit en cuplets heroics, els poemes s'ordenen en una sèrie de 24 cartes, cobrint diversos aspectes de la vida de Borough i detallant les històries de les vides d'alguns habitants. De les cartes, la més coneguda és la de Peter Grimes, la XXII, la qual va servir de base per a l'òpera de Benjamin Britten del mateix nom. (ca)
- The Borough is a collection of poems by George Crabbe published in 1810. Written in heroic couplets, the poems are arranged as a series of 24 letters, covering various aspects of borough life and detailing the stories of certain inhabitants’ lives. Of the letters, the best known is that of Peter Grimes in Letter XXII, which formed the basis for Benjamin Britten’s opera of the same name. Letter XXI describes Abel Keene, a village schoolmaster and then a merchant's clerk who was led astray, lost his place and finally hanged himself. (en)
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| - The Borough és una col·lecció de poemes que George Crabbe va publicar el 1810. Escrit en cuplets heroics, els poemes s'ordenen en una sèrie de 24 cartes, cobrint diversos aspectes de la vida de Borough i detallant les històries de les vides d'alguns habitants. De les cartes, la més coneguda és la de Peter Grimes, la XXII, la qual va servir de base per a l'òpera de Benjamin Britten del mateix nom. (ca)
- The Borough is a collection of poems by George Crabbe published in 1810. Written in heroic couplets, the poems are arranged as a series of 24 letters, covering various aspects of borough life and detailing the stories of certain inhabitants’ lives. Of the letters, the best known is that of Peter Grimes in Letter XXII, which formed the basis for Benjamin Britten’s opera of the same name. Letter XXI describes Abel Keene, a village schoolmaster and then a merchant's clerk who was led astray, lost his place and finally hanged himself. The poem was begun in 1804, three years before the publication of , and demonstrates a clear development in Crabbe’s writing between the pastoral concerns shown in The Village, and the concentration on the life stories of individuals as seen in the . (en)
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