Books, books, books! I had found the secret of a garret room Piled high with cases in my father’s name; Piled high, packed large, --where, creeping in and out Among the giant fossils of my past, Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs Of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there At this or that box, pulling through the gap, In heats of terror, haste, victorious joy, The first book first. And how I felt it beat Under my pillow, in the morning’s dark, An hour before the sun would let me read! My books! . Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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In her poem, Charlotte Brontë talks about the joy she feels in owning a few books. The poem is full of excitement and anticipation for the new treasure that she will find in these books. Books have a special feeling to them. They have stories within them that can take us to different times and places.

They are a way of escaping into the worlds that we see in movies or read about in books. This is why she feels so attached to hers.

Source: Aurora Leigh

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