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Elizabeth Barrett Browning Biography
Poet
Name at birth: Elizabeth Barrett
After anonymously publishing a book of poetry and a translation of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, Elizabeth Barrett published The Seraphim and Other Poems in 1838 under her own name. Her literary success drew the attention of poet Robert Browning and they met and fell in love. In defiance of her father, and in spite of ill-health, she married Browning secretly in 1846. She continued to publish poems, including the "novel in verse" Aurora Leigh, published in 1857.
Four Good Links
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Her profile from the Academy of American Poets
E.B. Browning: An Overview
The Victorian Web has a good overview of her life and works
The Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning Page
Excellent site about Barrett and Browning
The Brownings: A Research Guide
For researchers and scholars more than casual readers
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Author of Aurora Leigh and wife of Robert Browning