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Biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Nationality - English
Lifespan - 1806-1861
Family - Father was a merchant (a millionaire)
Married Poet Robert Browning in 1846
Education - Tutored at Home
Career - Poet and Translator - First Published in 1833
Famous
Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How Do I Love Thee?
If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Biography
details about Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth came from a large extremely wealthy
family immortalised in the movie starring Charles Laughton entitled the
' Barretts of Wimpole Street '. She was the sickly child of her many brothers and sisters
but the favourite of her strict father.
Much of her time was spent in her room due to a spinal injury and she began to write poetry as she was unable to leave the house. Her main source of company was her dog, Flush,
to whom she dedicated one of her poems.
Her interest in poetry lead to her reading some of the works of Robert Browning. They eventually met and fell in
love. Her jealous tyrannical father was much against the idea of marriage, but Robert and Elizabeth,
determined lovers, eloped and led a happily married life in Italy.
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