One of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.

Byron is considered to be the first modern-style celebrity. His image as the personification of the Byronic hero fascinated the public.

The figure of the Byronic hero pervades much of his work, and Byron himself is considered to epitomise many of the characteristics of this literary figure. The use of a Byronic hero by many authors and artists of the Romantic movement show Byron's influence during the 19th century and beyond, including the Brontë sisters. His philosophy was more durably influential in continental Europe than in England; 

Friedrich Nietzsche admired him, and the Byronic hero was echoed in Nietzsche's Übermensch, or superman.

The Poetry Collections

HOURS OF IDLENESS

CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE

HEBREW MELODIES

STANZAS FOR MUSIC

OCCASIONAL PIECES, 1807-1824

DOMESTIC PIECES, 1816

SATIRES

TALES

THE GIAOUR

THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS

THE CORSAIR

LARA

THE SIEGE OF CORINTH

PARISINA

THE PRISONER OF CHILLON

MAZEPPA

THE ISLAND

THE LAMENT OF TASSO

THE PROPHECY OF DANTE

THE MORGANTE MAGGIORE OF PULCI

FRANCESCA OF RIMINI

BEPPO

MINOR POEMS

DRAMAS

MANFRED

MARINO FALIERO

SARDANAPALUS

THE TWO FOSCARI

CAIN: A MYSTERY

HEAVEN AND EARTH

WERNER

THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED

DON JUAN

The Short Story

The Letters