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Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning

Martin Garrett

Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning

Hardcover (Oxford University Press Jan. 31, 2002) , 1St Edition edition
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning captures the remarkable love story of the renowned poets behind these famous words, from their dramatic elopement in 1846 to Elizabeth's tragic death in 1861. Their romance began with a letter from Robert admiring Elizabeth's highly acclaimed book, Poems. When her father disapproved, they married in secret and boldly moved to Florence, Italy. Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning describes how their love and lives flourished there, producing one son, writing some of their most renowned works, and maintaining friendships with some of the most prominent literati of their time, including John Ruskin, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and William Makepeace Thackeray.
Series
British Library Writers' Lives Series
ISBN
0195217861 / 9780195217865
Pages
128
Weight
22.4 oz.
Dimensions
9.6 x 0.7 in.

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