Epic poem · 1906

The Dawn in Britain

In twenty-four books

by Charles M. Doughty

Doughty's blank-verse epic of Britain from the first settlement to the Roman conquest, told in twenty-four books in a deliberately archaic, Spenserian English.

Contents · 24 parts

• Book Iabout 1210 lines
• Book IIabout 1230 lines
• Book IIIabout 1230 lines
• Book IVabout 1230 lines
• Book Vabout 1260 lines
• Book VIabout 1320 lines
• Book VIIabout 1380 lines
• Book VIIIabout 1170 lines
• Book IXabout 1290 lines
• Book Xabout 1220 lines
• Book XIabout 1260 lines
• Book XIIabout 1270 lines
• Book XIIIabout 1230 lines
• Book XIVabout 1310 lines
• Book XVabout 1160 lines
• Book XVIabout 1230 lines
• Book XVIIabout 1300 lines
• Book XVIIIabout 1310 lines
• Book XIXabout 1430 lines
• Book XXabout 1300 lines
• Book XXIabout 1190 lines
• Book XXIIabout 1260 lines
• Book XXIIIabout 1210 lines
• Book XXIVabout 1340 lines

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