Faithless Nelly Gray: A Pathetic Ballad Written By Thomas Hood

by Thomas Hood, Bruce Rogers, Robert Seaver

Book Overview

Faithless Nelly Gray is a ballad written by Thomas Hood, a 19th-century English poet and humorist. The ballad tells the tragic tale of a young woman named Nelly Gray who is abandoned by her lover, a sailor named Ben Bolt. Nelly is left alone and pregnant, and she eventually dies of a broken heart. The ballad is a poignant and emotional story of love, betrayal, and loss, and it has become a classic of English literature. Thomas Hood's lyrical and evocative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1417962208
• ISBN13: 9781417962204
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"