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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) were both regarded as the female poet laureates of their time, and between them their writings spanned almost the entire Victorian age, from the end of Romanticism to the beginnings of Modernism. This selection of their shorter works contains all the major themes that animated them - social justice, faith, love and mortality - and some of the best-loved poetry in English, including In The Deep Midwinter and How Do I Love Thee?
These poems reflect the changing world in which they were composed, but they also reflect the complex passions of two extraordinary women.
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About Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) is generally considered the greatest of English poetesses. She was well educated for a woman of her time at home, being confined to bed by a lung complaint, possibly tuberculosis. The appearance of her Poems in 1844 attracted the attention of Robert Browning, who courted her in secret before eloping with her to Italy. There Elizabeth’s health improved and she threw herself into politics, becoming a pioneer of early liberal movements.
About Rachel Bavidge
Rachel Bavidge, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, was born in North Shields, England, and moved to Oxford in her early teens. She has narrated numerous audiobooks and completed six months as a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company. Theater credits include Mrs. Boyle in Whose Life is it Anyway? and Margaret in Much Ado, both directed by Peter Hall. Television credits include The Bill, Casualty, Doctors, The IT Crowd, Inspector Lynley, Wire in the Blood, and Bad Girls.