Originally published in 1862, Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market is a spellbinding fairytale of female desire brought to life in a lavishly descriptive narrative poem. Two young girls, Laura and Lizzie, are enticed by the smells, sounds and sights of the goblin market. Lizzie resists temptation, but Laura cannot help but stop to taste the fruits from the goblin men. Haunted by stories of girls who lost their lives to the goblins, Laura's health declines as she longs to t