
Enoch Arden, &c.
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- Plain English
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About the book
"Enoch Arden, &c." by Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson is a narrative poem published in 1864. A fisherman-turned-sailor leaves his wife Annie and children to earn a better living at sea, but becomes shipwrecked on a desert island for over eleven years. When he finally returns home, he discovers Annie has remarried his childhood friend and started a new family. Faced with an impossible choice, Enoch must decide whether to reclaim his old life or sacrifice his own happiness for those he loves.
- English poetry
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #1358. Enoch Arden, &c. on Wikipedia.











