Part of the Legend Classics series Walt Whitman published his first collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass, in 1855.
The Legend Classics series: Around the World in Eighty Days The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Importance of Being Earnest Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Metamorphosis The Railway Children The Hound of the Baskervilles Frankenstein Wuthering Heights Three Men in a Boat The Time Machine Little Women Anne of Green Gables The Jungle Book The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories Dracula A Study in Scarlet Leaves of Grass The Secret Garden The War of the Worlds A Christmas Carol Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Heart of Darkness The Scarlet Letter This Side of Paradise Oliver Twist The Picture of Dorian Gray Treasure Island The Turn of the Screw The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Emma The Trial A Selection of Short Stories by Edgar Allen Poe Grimm Fairy Tales.
Over time, however, the collection has infiltrated popular culture and been recognised as one of the central works of American poetry.
It was highly controversial during its time for its explicit sexual imagery, and Whitman was subject to derision by many contemporary critics.
Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and revising it multiple times until his death.
Part of the Legend Classics series Walt Whitman published his first collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass, in 1855
