num_pages: 128
description: "I love your verse with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett . . . and I love you too," Robert Browning wrote in January 1845, thus initiating the most celebrated literary correspondence of the nineteenth century. During their courtship, Elizabeth privately wrote a series of forty-four sonnets to Robert, which she disclosed to no one -- not even to him -- until three years after their marriage. The poems were later collected in a volume entitled Sonnets form the Portuguese . In this elegant new edition, the poems are accompanied by relevant excerpts from Elizabeth and Robert's love letters. With an introduction by biographer Julia Markus, this volume will be a valued resource for the poetry scholar and those wanting wise and lyrical guidance in matters of love.
language: English
title: Sonnets from the Portuguese
titlecomplete: Sonnets from the Portuguese
genres: 19th Century, Classics, Poetry, British Literature, Classic Literature, Womens, Nonfiction, Romance, Literature, Victorian
ratings_count: 12208
publisher: Ecco