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Presentation on theme: "Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning"— Presentation transcript:

1 Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning

2 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Born 1806, the eldest child of a prosperous merchant familySelf-educated at home from the age of fourComposed her first poem at the age of elevenSuffered an injury to her spine at the age of fifteen and illness seven years later.

This left her an invalid all her lifeAt age of twenty published her first book of poetryIn 1832, family suffered financial loss. The family moved to London

3 Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning
Due to poor health, she moved to Rorquay on the south coast of DevonshireSpent three years living as an invalidReturned to London and resigned herself to life confined to her bedroom as an invalid.In 1845, she began exchanging letters with Robert BrowningThe following year they married and moved to Florence, ItalyTheir son