Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett: The Courtship Correspondence, 1845-1846: A Selection

by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Book Overview

The love letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett are among the most famous in history. Daniel Karlin's selection, based on a fresh examination of the original manuscripts, provides new insight into the clandestine correspondence which led to their elopement in 1846. These complex and subtle letters, in which they explored each others needs and desires, passions and anxieties, tell the story of how they waited many years to finally elope,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198185472
• ISBN13: 9780198185475
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"