Crabbe, George (1754-1832), a British poet, brought a direct and often unromantic approach to his work. He portrayed the sordid and unpleasant aspects of life as well as the romantic side. His first published work was The Library (1781). The Village was published in 1783. In 1807, he published The Parish Register. He followed it with The Borough (1810), Tales in Verse (1812), and Tales of the Hall (1819). The British composer Benjamin Britten based his opera Peter Grimes on The Borough.
Crabbe was born on Dec. 24, 1754, in Aldeburgh, England. He became a surgeon and later a clergyman. Crabbe died on Feb. 3, 1832.
