3 Dec 2008
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was an English poet who was well-known in her lifetime. For most of her life, she suffered from bad health and so spent a lot of time at home reading and writing. Her first collection of poems was published privately when she was 14. In 1844, she was introduced in writing to poet Robert Browning whom she married in secret two years later. They moved to Italy where her health improved and she continued to write - mostly about the liberal causes of her day like the restrictions women were subject to in Victorian society. Shortly before her death, she wrote The Poems Before Congress (1860) which have been acclaimed for their lyrical and powerful words.
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