Enoch Arden, &c.
by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron
"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.
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