Lalla Rookh an Oriental Romance

Lalla Rookh is a romantic novel written by Irish poet Thomas Moore. The story is set in the exotic East and follows the journey of a young princess named Lalla Rookh, who is traveling from Delhi to Samarcand to marry the king of Bukhara. Along the way, she falls in love with a poet named Feramorz, who is actually the king in disguise. The novel is divided into four parts, each containing a series of poems that tell the story of Lalla Rookh's journey and her encounters with various characters. The poems are filled with vivid descriptions of the landscape, culture, and people of the East, and are accompanied by footnotes that provide historical and cultural context. Lalla Rookh was first published in 1817 and became an instant bestseller, popularizing the Orientalist genre in literature.1820. Irish poet and friend of Lord Byron and P.B. Shelley, Moore's works range from lyric to satire, from prose romance to history and biography. Moore was also a good musician and skillful writer of songs, which he set to Irish tunes, mainly of the 18th century. Moore's bestselling epic poem, Lalla Rookh, is a kind of miniature Arabian Nights in subject matter, setting and form. The story relates the journey of the princess Lalla Rookh from Delhi to Kashmir, where she is to marry the young King of Bucharia whom she has never met. From its first appearance Lalla Rookh inspired the romantic imaginations of artists, dramatists and composers alike with its heady combination of drama, poetry, romance, pathos, fantasy, horror and exoticism. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.