Two-Way Mirror: The Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

by Fiona Sampson

Book Overview

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." With these words, Elizabeth Barrett Browning has come down to us as a romantic heroine, a recluse controlled by a domineering father and often overshadowed by her husband, Robert Browning. But behind the melodrama lies a thoroughly modern figure whose extraordinary life is an electrifying study in self-invention.

Born in 1806, Barrett Browning lived in an age when women could not attend a university,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324002956
• ISBN13: 9781324002956
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 10.1"