{"product_id":"elizabeth-barrett-browning-much-loved-poems-from-one-of-the-greatest-romantic-poets-9781399614085","title":"Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Much-Loved Poems from One of the Greatest Romantic Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Barrett Browning was a poet of passion, wit and conscience. She was also a woman who wrote to speak the truth about everything she knew - and she knew just what it was like to be a thinking woman in a society that wanted women to be weak. The eldest of twelve children, she wrote poetry from the age of eleven, and became a highly successful poet in her lifetime - and remains very much loved today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was also a strong advocate for human rights, campaigning to abolish slavery and child labour, and her three-part poem \u003ci\u003eA Curse for a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful polemic against the slave trade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I heard an angel speak last night, and he said \"write! Write a nation's curse for me, and send it over the western sea\" '\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Barrett Browning was born in 1806 and wrote poetry from a very young age. A successful poet in her own lifetime, she was also an ardent campaigner to abolish slavery and child labour. A highly prolific author, she was a strong candidate for poet laureate, an honour which was ultimately given to Tennyson. Barrett Browning suffered ill-health for much of her life, and died in 1861 but her poetry has lived on and is highly regarded around the world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"George Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicholson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509687095570,"sku":"9781399614085","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9633b0be-5608-49b5-8655-039b9dc55153.jpg?v=1730904802","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/elizabeth-barrett-browning-much-loved-poems-from-one-of-the-greatest-romantic-poets-9781399614085","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}