This romantic short story by George Eliot (real name Mary Ann Evans) was first published in 1869. Told in iambic pentameter, it concerns a young Sicilian girl who harbours such intense love for the king that her longing bedevils her until she can express her feelings with the assistance of the minstrel Minuccio.
The Essential British Classics Collection: 5 Timeless Novels : 1984; Great Expectations; Middlemarch; Pride and Prejudice; & Jane Eyre












