![]() ![]() ![]() This collection of poems is incredibly personal, perhaps too personal at times, and it’s a beautiful insight into the way that Barrett Browning viewed her marriage to Robert Browning. Secondly, I read this entire collection within a day, which was fairly easy because it is rather short, but it was an emotional rollercoaster. I think they should be in print, and perhaps they are elsewhere in the world, but I had to read an online version. Firstly, I couldn’t find a printed edition of this book anywhere so I read them online for free via Project Gutenberg. I have a few things to get out of the way before I start this review/discussion of Barrett Browning’s sonnets. ![]() There are forty-four poems in the collection. Recognized for their Victorian tradition and discipline, these are some of the most passionate and memorable love poems in the English language. Summary: Written for Robert Browning, who had affectionately nicknamed Elizabeth Barrett Browning his “little Portuguese,” the sequence is a celebration of marriage, and of one of the most famous romances of the nineteenth century. ![]()
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