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Aurora Leigh
Aurora Leigh (1856) is an epic poem by English Romantic poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Described by Browning as "a novel in verse," Aurora Leigh is primarily the story of its titular heroine, an intelligent woman and ambitious poet whose talent is matched only by her skill for self-doubt. Although it is narrated in the first person, the poem also concerns itself with the character Marian Erle,...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was an English poet. The daughter of a wealthy family--her father made his fortune as a slave owner in Jamaica, while her mother's family owned and operated sugar plantations, mills, and ships--Browning eventually became an abolitionist and advocate for child labor laws. Her marriage to the prominent Victorian poet Robert...
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