Comic poem · 1840–41

Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg

A Golden Legend

by Thomas Hood

Hood's comic narrative of an heiress whose golden leg, bought after a riding accident, makes her fortune and her ruin: a satire on money, marriage and the worship of gold, told in eighteen sections.

Contents · 18 parts

• Her Pedigree80 lines
• Her Birthabout 160 lines
• Her Christeningabout 150 lines
• Her Childhood62 lines
• Her Educationabout 120 lines
• Her Accidentabout 150 lines
• Her Precious Leg96 lines
• Her Fame78 lines
• Her First Step42 lines
• Her Fancy Ballabout 280 lines
• Her Dreamabout 170 lines
• Her Courtshipabout 140 lines
• Her Marriageabout 260 lines
• Her Honeymoonabout 240 lines
• Her Miseryabout 160 lines
• Her Last Will62 lines
• Her Deathabout 120 lines
• Her Moral16 lines

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