![]() ![]() Lizzie is frightened and tells Laura of a young girl who had eaten the goblins' forbidden fruit and died after she was unable to obtain more. In the morning, Laura tells Lizzie of her adventures the night before. Laura meets with the goblins and gorges on their fruit before returning home to Lizzie. Laura and Lizzie know that they must be home before sundown, but Laura lingers by the stream, curious about the creatures. Every night, goblins gather in the forest selling fruit. ![]() The narrative poem tells the story of two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who live in a house near a stream. Goblin Market was the center of some controversy upon its publication as the work was marketed publicly (mostly by Rossetti herself) as a work for children, but the poem contained an abundance of sexual imagery that many felt was inappropriate for a young audience. Arguably her most famous work, Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market was first published in 1862 and illustrated by her brother, Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. ![]()
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