The Rape of the Lock
By Alexander Pope
Cover: The Toilet, from The Rape of the Lock (c. 1896), pen and ink drawing by Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1898)
When a young baron cuts a lock from Belinda's hair, Pope turns a real quarrel between two families into a mock epic with sylphs, a battle of the fans and a stolen lock that rises to the stars. The five cantos are given without the editor's introduction and notes.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.