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Sarah Anna
Wiedemann
•Pianist•Evangelical Christian
Robert Browning
• Bank clerk• Artist• Scholar• Antiquarian• Collector of books and pictures
First child of…
Much of Browning’s education came from his well-read father
At the age of five, he was already proficient in reading and writing
When he was fourteen, bright and anxious Browning learned Latin, Greek and French
Home-schooled for music, drawing, dancing and horsemanship
At the age of 12…
Incondita
By Robert Browning
a volume of Byronic verse which his parents attempted, unsuccessfully, to have published
taught herself Hebrew to read the Old Testament of the Bible
became active in the Bible and Missionary Societies of her church
She never lost hope…
1838
wrote The Seraphim and Other Poems which expresses Christian sentiments in the form of Classical Greek tragedy
Due to her weakening disposition…
Barrett was forced to spend a year at the sea of Torquay with his brother, Edward
Barrett returned home emotionally broken after her brother’s death
Became an invalid and a recluse
1844 Barrett produced a collection entitled simply Poems
This work of Elizabeth Barrett gained the attention of Robert
Browning.
January 10th, 1845
New Cross, Hatcham, Surrey
I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett,--and this is no off-hand complimentary letter
that I shall write,--whatever else, no prompt matter-of-course recognition of your genius and there
a graceful and natural end of the thing: since the day last week when I first read your poems, I quite
laugh to remember how I have been turning again in my mind what I should be able to tell you of
their effect upon me--for in the first flush of delight I though I would this once get out of my habit
of purely passive enjoyment, when I do really enjoy, and thoroughly justify my admiration--perhaps
even, as a loyal fellow-craftsman should, try and find fault and do you some little good to be proud
of hereafter!--but nothing comes of it all--so into me has it gone, and part of me has it become, this
great living poetry of yours…
Well, these Poems were to be--and this true thankful joy and pride with which I feel myself.
Yours ever faithfully, Robert Browning
The couple quickly fell in love
Barrett’s father disliked Browning so most of the courtship happened in secret
Brownings lived happily in Italy for 15 years
The couple had a son in 1849 named Robert “Pen” Browning
Elizabeth Browning published her best-known work, Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
published a novel, Aurora Leigh which became a bestseller (1857)
Robert Browning
his reputation as a poet was overshadowed with that of his wife
sometimes referred to as “Mrs. Browning’s Husband”
Robert Browning returned to England with their son
Became an avid socialite
published The Ring and the Book (1868)
Robert Browning died in 1889