Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Name: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781784872441
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By Margaret Forster

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This biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, penned by Margaret Forster, draws extensively on recently accessible correspondence to present a vivid and revised portrait of the poet. Challenging longstanding myths, it portrays Browning as a strong-willed, witty, and courageous woman whose own determination played a significant role in her life, including her confinement in Wimpole Street. The narrative traces Elizabeth's journey from her formative years through her marriage, offering a detailed glimpse into early Victorian family life and celebrating her accomplishments as a dedicated poet.
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Ideal for readers interested in Victorian literature, poetry enthusiasts, and those who appreciate feminist biographies that reassess historical figures through fresh evidence.

This biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written with reference to Browning correspondence only recently available, argues that the poet was a strong and determined woman largely responsible for her own incarceration in Wimpole Street.

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This is the most exciting sort of biography to read, or to write - the myth-dispelling biography which overturns an old story, and does so most convincingly New Statesman

The author traces her life from her early childhood and adolescence and explores her marriage. She draws a picture of early Victorian family life and aims to show that Elizabeth was a considerable and dedicated poet, self-willed, witty and courageous.

Forster has also edited the companion volume Selected Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and is author of several other biographies.

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New Statesman describes it as "the most exciting sort of biography to read, or to write—the myth-dispelling biography which overturns an old story, and does so most convincingly." The Times praises it as a work that "succeeded triumphantly" in prompting readers to explore Browning's poetry.

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ISBN: 9781784872441

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 August 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Illustration: 33

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 288g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Born in Carlisle, Margaret Forster was the author of many successful and acclaimed novels, including Have the Men Had Enough?, Lady's Maid, Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Is There Anything You Want? , Keeping the World Away, Over and The Unknown Bridesmaid. She also wrote bestselling memoirs - Hidden Lives, Precious Lives and, most recently, My Life in Houses - and biographies. She was married to writer and journalist Hunter Davies and lived in London and the Lake District. She died in February 2016, just before her last novel, How to Measure a Cow, was published.

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