Title Page of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 1812

George Gordon, Lord Byron's, Childe Harold's Pilgrimmage is a long, narrative poem in four parts (cantos), published between 1812 and 1818. Cantos 1 and 2 were published in 1812 and made Byron an overnight success. This work introduces and popularizes the literary trope of the "Byronic hero." 

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Mar 1812 to 1818

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