English Literature / Unit 14 ENL 1318 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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The idea
Elizabeth Barrett, an invalid confined by a protective father, was famous enough to be suggested as Poet Laureate. Robert Browning wrote to her in admiration; they married secretly and moved to Italy. Her work addressed women's rights, child labour, abolition and Italian independence.
In practice
Invalid, poet, reformer.
Where people slip
She was the more famous poet at first.
Your place on the trail
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