Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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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. 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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Born in Carlisle, Margaret Forster was the author of many successful and acclaimed novels, including<i>Have the Men Had Enough?</i>,<i>Lady's Maid</i>,<i>Diary of an Ordinary Woman</i>,<i>Is</i><i>There Anything You Want?</i><i>, Keeping the World Away</i>,<i>Over</i>and<i>The Unknown Bridesmaid</i>. She also wrote bestselling memoirs <i>Hidden Lives, Precious Lives</i>and, most recently,<i>My Life in Houses </i>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,<i>How to Measure a Cow</i>, was published.

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